Jaleel.nt, in the first instance, we deal with a phenomenon that is conventionally known as a passive gerund ; the whole clause with being... can be substituted with a noun phrase, eg, ...this award . Therefore, we refer to being... as a nominal

HI, Tom, who is a brute, punches Mrs. Wilson in the face. In this sentence, it's an adjective clause, because it describes the noun 'Tom'. But consider this examples. I know a fact . 'A fact' is a noun.

I forgot to tell they can also begin with (who,whom,which,when,where,how,how many,how much. But you should use normal word order ,not question word order. Do you know how far it is to Hawaii?

The only time I can think of that you would hear "present persons" is with the little tag phrase. "The people who work at this company are dolts, present persons (company) excluded, of course." Your sentence involves

1. "I know diverse grammar questions and expressions." means which one of the following? A. I know diverse grammar questions and diverse expressions. B. I know diverse grammar questions and diverse grammar expressions. C. I know

You can read a little bit about subordinate clauses here: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/clauses.htm And you can read a bit about word order for "although" and "though" in the usage note here:

We stopped as well at several villages along the way , where we were warmly greeted by the hospitable Dawu people and invited for a meal of flying fish. You can't take many liberties with word order in English, Angliholic. I don't think

I went to the cinema and I liked the film very much - I went to the cinema and I liked very much the film Why can´t I say the second one? The word order of the second sentence would be possible in many languages that have special cases for

Hi Lcwang Mister Micawber is not online at the moment, but here is my input: I would not begin your sentence with "Not only", and I'd say that's because the meaning is much to close to being the same for both verbs: doing

"In 1918 was their first show .." Perhaps, in the right context. Your sentence doesn't normally occur in English. This word order ( finite verb + subject ) is to some extent used in modern English: On the bed lay a dog that