By Verbs, Pronouns

Re: "I don't believe such thing to exist." Is this sentence wrong?

I don't believe such thing to exist. It is uncommon, but it's really not all that different from "I don't want this thing to exist." (different verb, different adjective) You can even let both these adjectives act as pronouns, and omit the "thing." "I...

Re: become tired/tires

No! See my examples above. You have applied the rule faithfully, but to verbs that don't allow that treatment. There really aren't that many verbs that follow this pattern. And even those that do may seem more or less contrived, depending on the context.*I interest easily won't...

Re: Adjective

The word laugh is either a noun or a verb, never an adjective or adverb. If it follows a possessive pronoun (which could be substituted with the definite article) it must be a noun. Words with the "ly" suffix are adverbial.

Re: he is gone. What tense is being used? Is that simple present tense?

 I think it's a big mistake because the verb after the auxiliary is in the past participle, it means that the auxiliary should be 'has'  (the verb 'to have' in the present) instead of 'is' (the verb 'to be'  in the present. its a common mistake and it's a...

Re: GRAMMAR IN RHYME

A Grammar Rhyme by David B. Tower and Benjamin F. Tweed A noun's the name of anything; As, school or garden, hoop or swing. Adjectives tell the kind of noun; As, great, small, pretty, white, or brown. Three of these words we often see, Called articles - a, an, and the. Instead...

adverb and pronoun

Hi, Please tell me how the following could be an adverb and a pronoun. a school wherein (adverb?) we could learn the art of writing a school where (pronoun??) we could learn the art of writing

Re: Grammatically correct & Subject-Verb agreement.

Thanks for the help and clearing my mistakes. For the first group. Want to discuss 2nd groupe though.1. Neither goes with singular meaning i would place Verb "is" in place of "are" to balance the sentence right !2. Yes in this sentence i find stuck badly i have read that if a...

Re: exceptions

Exceptions to what? :DAnyway, the verb in the first part of the sentences is singular because "someone" and "nobody" are singular. In the second part, "they" is used as a sex-neutral pronoun, and since it is plural, the verb is as well.

Mistakes made by Chinese Learners

Hi everyoneI just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English (completely made up). In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2. I have got so far:Intonation transfer from L1 may cause them to be perceived as...

Please Check

1. Do not place a phrase or clause:A. in a sentence. B. at the beginning of a sentence. C. at the end of a sentence. D. too far from the word it is meant to modify.Answer D. 2. In every sentence, the subject must agree with the:A. object of the preposition. B. verb. C. intervening expressions....