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

Now if I look up "are," the dictionary tells me that it is the present plural of "be." But what I would expect is that it would tell me that it is the present plural of "am" or "is" because those are the

This is not a matter of singular and plural. After recommend you need the subjunctive adopt . To address this, we recommend the board of directors adopt an internal audit. (As a side issue, I'm not sure adopt is the correct verb here. have

Hidden in this great 19th-Century prose is the subjunctive form, need , the reason for which I cannot identify right now. The subjunctive was used much more commonly at the time this was written. The subjunctive is the bare form of the infinitive,

1. Is it right to say "I didn't do as well as I hoped" Fine. or is it "I didn't do as well as I'd hoped." Also fine. Which one is right and what's the difference? 2. Is everyone singular or plural? Singular.

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me with a few grammar questions. 1. Is it right to say "I didn't do as well as I hoped" or is it "I didn't do as well as I'd hoped." Which one is right and what's the

As simple past, Usually "was" is for a singular item/person Was is for I and he/she/it/other 3rd person singular "were" is for plural. Were is for you, we, and they . For example: Yesterday, I was at work

Hi xHealthY If I had money , I would live in a palace. I don't get it because "had" Is past. In that sentence, the word "had" is not past. It only has the same form as the simple past. In your sentence, the word

Hi Anon As Cool Breeze mentioned, the verb "consent" is used in the present subjunctive ( not the simple present tense) in your sentence. The present subjunctive looks exactly the same as the base form of the verb (infinitive) in 1st,

HI Thomas, Thanks for sharig your thoughts. I don't think neither of us (Marvin and I) dispute the importance of garmmar, you made a generalization that seems to allude that we don't observe (or at least try to) the general rules of