By Universities, Adverbs

Hi! An adverb "very" is used to modify a gradable adjective but my book (English Syntax and Argumentation- second edition, Bar Aarts, Reader in Modern English Language University College London) says that " a very wooden performance" makes sense and it's grammatically...

The BELOW is the original sentence. The library at the University of Maryland in College Park is so vast that I have been in there for hours without seeing another person. Stenka25 wrote: I have been in there for hours without seeing another person. In the above sentence, 'in' seems...

Dear teachers, Would you please tell me if my sentences are correct? 1) Some students live on University campus. Do we need to put a capital “U” to “university” here? If yes, why?2) a) We had a really good time at your place... b) We really had a good time... (?) (where should I put the...

Feel free to use it as many another adverb:I am already 16 years old.When you were born, I was already in university.In 2010 I will already have been in Japan for 20 years.

1). An adjective clause (also called a relative or attributive clause) usually begins with a pronoun, such as who, whom, whose, that, which, where or, when, and immediately follows the noun or pronoun which it describes. 1.It was eight o'clock in the morning when they went to work.=>...

Here's a starter: http://grammar.uoregon.edu/conjunctions/conjunctive.html And: Conjunctive Adverbs You can use a conjunctive adverb to join two clauses together. Some of the most common conjunctive adverbs are "also," "consequently," "finally," "furthermore," "hence," "however,"...

Excellent is an adjective. Some adjectives refer to things that are 'gradable'. This means that there are grades, graduations, levels or degrees of something. You can have more or less of them. For example, hot as in hot weather, or hot drinks could be more, or less, hot. There are...

I would suggest two types of exercises: <br> <br>-o- Substitutional tables <br> <br>On a sheet of paper (you can as well do this in your word processor), paint a table for a given sentence pattern, for...

For the rest, Kela, I'm going to give you hints (in blue), so that you can try to improve things yourself. (A repeated problem is your use of indefinite pronouns--for instance, writing 'he' when the reader doesn't know which person 'he' refers to. Rommel described himself as a boy who doesn’t...

An English grammar book wrote:Adverbs of manner most often occupy the end position of a clause, where they follow an intransitive verb, or the direct object of a transitive verb. e.g. We waited patiently for the play to begin. I sold the strawberries quickly. Cambridge...