By Verbs, Constructions

Re: to focus - Passive or Active voice?

Complete any of the phrases above by adding any of these: frightened of snakes, interested in science, focused on his studies, tired of reading, fascinated by insects, bored with grammar.None of the resulting sentences has a passive construction.CJ

Re: preventable deaths

Thanks MH. I think I understand what you're saying. In parallel construction, strictly speaking, a verb at the end is needed.For example He can run faster than I . Similarly, in the example of cigarettes, you recommend to include the verb 'do' right?

Re: preventable deaths

combined is passivedo combine is active, as it contains an active verbcigarettes still account for more preventable deaths than those do combinedis better in terms of parallel construction. I won't explain that, sorry.

Participial Construction??

Dear teachers, Please tell me if the following sentences are, what is called, "participial construction" or not. Or are these sentences nothing related to "participial construction"? In other words, can the part formed with "When + ~ing" (e.g., When calling, When...

translation of song INTO English (check my work, please)

Hello! CHECK SOMEONE MY TRANSLATION OF LYRICS INTO ENGLISH, PLEASE! My friend is a member of music band. He gave my his lyrics (they are short texts) and asked me to translate them into English. But I'm not good enough in English to translate lyrics - I lack knowledge about phraseal verbs,...

Re: Is the sentence structure right?

Liat, I don’t think the correct answer should be dependent on the number of student based on the original question which was only 5% of the students are placed after completion of their training. Clearly, the subject is the percentage which is “5%”, not the student; if my understanding is true....

nor

Hi, At The American Heritage Book of English Usage at Bartleby.com in the section named "1. Grammar: Traditional Rules, Word Order, Agreement, and Case", I saw this line in its note: However, when a verb is negated by not or never, and is followed by a negative verb phrase (but not an...

Re: sentence 1

I don't see any mistakes.I'd say 'put up'. You're talking about large amounts of money contributed by businesses. I would reserve the verb 'chip in' for lesser amounts contributed informally by individuals.Large corporations put up money for large projects like the...

Re: Correct use of 'to'?

You might hear the construction in ordinary conversation, or see it in less formal written English.It's probably more usual for the subject of the first verb and the second (unexpressed) verb to be the same, e.g.1. If you want me to come over tonight, I'd be happy to .Best wishes,MrP

Re: what is the meaning of "as" here?

Y as ---ing that ----.The president described the congressman as promoting economic stability. The police reported the thief as resisting arrest.The teacher described the student as wanting to learn.In my opinion, this is a very awkward construction. There are always better constructions for...