Hi there, I tried looking up the rules for using 'that' in a sentence. I understand it's mainly used to combine two clauses. I don't understand the specific rules though; a lot of sentences look like they'd work fine with

As far as I understand, a possessive adjective is placed before a noun : This is his car . A possessive pronoun cannot have a noun after it: This car is his . However, in many European countries terminology is different and the term possessive

*the slept man *a belonged wallet *a left guest *the gone people *the arrived women *a disappeared rabbit *a died geranium Hi CJ, I get our point. I have no argument about intransitive participles not being able to

doubtful to you that the past participle form of intransitive nouns like "vanish" and "sleep" could function as adjectives? Just as an aside, we should remark the difference between the present and past participles in this

Can you please tell me what you meant when you said "I doubt it" in your response below? Certainly. I would be glad to. I meant that I don't think it is generally okay to use the past participle as an adjective when the verb has no

King James' boys came up with "He is risen ..." That's the same flavor I get from "He is vanished". Is it generally okay to use the past participle as an adjective when the verb has no transitive usage? I doubt it. I

When you use worthy as a predicate adjective, you have to introduce its complement with of . So the x.2 versions are both wrong. 1.1 says you are good enough to have a knight! (What will you have him do for you? Some jousting perhaps? ) 2.1 says

Trying to describe a person who is easily offended by incorrect usage and is quick to point out mistakes...please don't say a High School English teacher, but you know the type. Also looking for something as simple as a person who is an expert

#1 is not possible. A + one is only possible with numerical adjectives ( 'a one-horse shay').

'... whose voice, though not as melodious , is more sonorous...l' 1. is whose a dependent marker?-- Yes 2.'though not as melodious ' : what is this? a non - essential phrase?-- Grammatically, yes; semantically, no. Is it a phrase as an adjective