By Sentence structures, Grammar

Actually, infinitives are used in AmE as subjects. The location geographically or historically has nothing to do with it. But infinitives (and their complement(s), if any), taken together, can make noun phrases.To be absolutely precise, it is a noun phrase (NP) that must be the subject of a...

Hi Cute, It’s normal to feel frustrated and confused, after all learning another language is much harder than learning a hobby but it’s also important to recognize our own weaknesses and try to find ways to strengthen them. I don’t know how long you have been studying English but I can definitely...

2. Today, in these natural colors (what are ”these colors” referring to?), coming through the opened window, adjusted over the high blue wall; I feel much relaxed -- light as fur, dark clould clouds of stress seems to be fading away. 3.An egg shaped wooden silver-brown frame hanged by a thick...

Hi Optilang, Thank you for your reply. But I think 'also' in 'Not only...but also' has to be omitted when the sentence structure is inversion. Can anyone else who knows the grammar better about my questions proofread them? Thanks.

Hi, I think the reason you have not had any replies is that youhave a lot of problems here. I can understand most of your sentences, but your grammar and sentence structure needs improvement. I suggest you begin by improving your punctuation. You need to treplace all the sequences of 3 dots by...

"demand" is a strong word. I don't think anyone, native or foreign, will get very far with demands. Consider also that most learners are much more comfortable reading than listening to a foreign language, so I'm not sure how realistic this situation is, featuring as it does a...

Hi Goodman If you had followed the thread closely, you would have noticed the following. In other words a guru has replied to the question. I agree with Barbara because she has a good command of English, and I've read about this usage before. Creativeguru asked:Only 5% of our students are...

Newcomer,I see that you are confused with the participle usage. I'll try to give it my best shot to explain to you what I've understood about participles. "what is the man who does up there" (sounds incorrect) *asking what the man is doing* literally ( doing as verb ) => ...

Hi, consider the folllowing 'He was friends with two American Presidents, Kennedy, Nixon, & a British Prime ministre Tony Bliar. Is the above sentence structure is right? You need a little editting on the end part. He was friends with two American Presidents, Kennedy, Nixon, and a...

Thank you so much for your thorough reply, dear bernice.farrugia but I still have concerns: 1. - how could grammar express in this case that the act of the expected informing the public is prior to the beginnning of the strike? 2. Yeah. The railway company announced the beginning of the...