By Whom, Adverbs

Re: Parse this sentence.

"by giving back" is a prepositional phrase acting as an adverb to modify the verb 'glorified' "back" is an adverb of position"back to him" is a combination of the adverb 'back' and the prepositional phrase 'to him' which is acting as an...

Re: direct object indirect object object of a preposition help me! plz

This post is a little dated but since I've been working with my students on this very topic I thought I'd post.First, you can't understand what the "object of the preposition" is if you don't first know how to identify prepositions. So you need to find a list (google "list prepositions English"...

Re: Oldest of whom

I thank Doll and Yankee for the replies.Yankee, the reason I inserted the adverb 'so' is to emphasize that there are hundreds or rather thousands people in the gym.The Russian class has about 25 idiots including me.1. There are many students in my Russian class, the oldest of whom is 36.2. There...

Re: sentences correct?

Solomon_13000 wrote:Are the sentences below correct in terms of the use of preposition and so on in italic? Preposition Neither Amy nor her sisters like to do ironing every week. He is like his mother He is always like that Besides working at the restaurant, he also works at the...

sentences correct?

Are the sentences below correct in terms of the use of preposition and so on in italic? Preposition Neither Amy nor her sisters like to do ironing every week. He is like his mother He is always like that besides working at the restaurant, he also works at the garage. He is watching...

Re: What's the last movie you've seen?

ETJW-CMD wrote: Dear Goodman, I am one of Hoa’s friends, a member of a friendly yet private English-To-Join-the-World Club that we co-founded here in Vietnam. Last night, she showed me this thread and asked for my opinion. My first reaction was that the present perfect and past tense...

True or False English questions

Please check True or False F 1. Either an adverb or an adjective can modify a verb. T 2. A preposition usually has an object. F 3. Prepositional phrases are used as adjectives or adverbs. F 4. Every verb requires a direct object. T 5. A subject complement describes or identifies the...

Re: Can a prepositional phrase serve as a subject?

about five people: about - adverb of degree. And yet, as a preposition: About five people is whom we talked. CJ

Re: Distinguishing an object and a separate noun

The mistake you're making here is that you are assuming "greatness" and "disaster" are both functioning as nouns in these sentences. They are not. To understand a word's 'part of speech,' you must see how it functions in the sentence. The same word can have a different part of speech in...

adverb-(hyphen)-adjective

I can't find a source that explains what I thought I understood many years ago. The question deals with joining an adverb and an adjective with a hyphen before the noun, but not afterward: the freshly-cut lawn smells great ~ the lawn is freshly cut he is a highly-admired...