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

We already did it in class. However she gave another HW. Embedded questions: word order and punctuation. Complete the conversation by changing the direct questions in parentheses to embedded questions. Use correct punctuation. A: Do you know if

Yes, they are indirect quesitons. We do not put question marks after these statements. Here is a version with direct questions. These need a question mark, and inverted subject/verb word order. Regarding the classes, how many students will there

" I know that you've both had a lot of fun these last two years on the campaign trail, going to picnics , and parades and state fairs, eating all sorts of junk food your mother and I probably shouldn't have let you have. "

Hi, Should I add a comma before "commemorating"? Or change the word order? I´m not sure if the sentence is clear: There is a monument to this patriot near Stirling commemorating his brave deeds. The two -ing's close together are

Should I add a comma before "commemorating"? Or change the word order? I´m not sure if the sentence is clear: There is a monument to this patriot near Stirling commemorating his brave deeds. Thank you for your opinion.

Hi, Different, and hence conflictual, they are, especially in the present case, as they have irreconcilable principles. I have separated conflictual and different with commas to precise that I only refer to the former when I mention

"why was late reply" is not a sentence. It has no meaning. In English a sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark (. ; : ? !) In addition, you seem to have omitted a definite or indefinite article or a

Why are stock markets across world feeling the heat? Careful of word order in questions. I've highlighed other problem areas - grammar/punctuation/word choice blue and spelling red. I think you are using Americans when you want

You can change the word order to emphasize pizza: Pizza is what I would like . Or you can say What I would like is pizza . I wouldn't use punctuation to emphasize.