No. Each adjective takes its own (different) preposition. When you switch to the verbals, you have new problems. They don't work in parallel. You have respect for X. You can devote the next four hours to homework. You can devote yourself to

Each of the following sentences may contain an error in grammar, idiom or usage. If there is an error, it will appear in one of the underlined portions. Answers are given at the answer part. First try to answer by yourself, and then check it

CalifJim, thank you for your explanation. “Any” has turned out far trickier than I thought. Can you give me some examples with “poss. adjective + every + singular noun.”

Can we use “any / every + possessive pronoun + singular noun”? No, but you can have poss. adjective + every + singular noun. CJ

Hi. What is written in Malachi 1:14 of the Bible, New International Version, is this. 14 "Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a

Hi. We would like you to try.. Grammar Geek said it as I meant it .. Fandorin. I still can't figure out why you said to me, 'We would like you to try'. I know this is where people ask and answer about English. I

Hi. 1. Are you/we using the word "teacher's" as sort of an adjective? Are you/we using it attributively (?)? (Anyway, what does the word "attributively" mean?) I think this use doesn't show that the following is for

could anybody tell ? Are the sentences below gramatically right? my angered teacher are going to punish his students. my angry teacher are going to punish his students. if both of them are right .please tell me how to differentiate them

Am I seriously wrong if I tell her that SINGULAR REGULAR NOUNS (I'm not talking about proper nouns, plural nouns, or pronouns) DO NOT START SENTENCES, but follow an article or a word like "some," "one," "that,"

The group, the population, the chorus, the class, the team - all of these can go either way, depending on how you think of them. Half the team is black and half the team is white. Half the team are men and half the team are women. Half the team is