By Word order, Clauses

(Again, I should emphasise that these are just my personal views. Some of the questions have no "right" and "wrong" answers, and other people may have different opinions.) 1. Sitting at my writing desk placed right-hand side of open window, and working on my English...

Hi RotterYes, of course, there are differences in the word order, but a similar auxiliary (ska, which is related to shall) and a present infinitive (köpa, buy) is needed in your sentence. And a perfect conditional is formed in the same way in English and Swedish as well:If I had had money, I...

Hi, Really, I think ' is the main clause, and '(that) these foods are not soft enough for me' is a subordinate noun clause. We can see that clearly in option (c). 1. These foods are not soft enough for me, I think. This word order makes it look like two clauses. The 'I...

Hi NGYou are right. Indirect questions fall in three categories.1. There is a word that can begin a clause but the word is not the subject.What did he say? - Tell me what he said.2. There isn't a word that can begin a clause. If or whether must be used.Did he come in time? - Tell me...

Hi Steve, Generally speaking, I have trouble understanding clearly what he is asking. I'll go through and try to make some comments. My advice is that you should focus your native speaker skills on ensuring that his sentences and paraphrases sound acceptable, and let him focus on his...

Is is the verb in the first sentence and the station is the subject. In the second sentence are is the verb and the tickets is the subject. Here is an adverb of place in both sentences. The inversion (= verb before subject) is due to here. In other Germanic languages inversion is always required...

In this type of construction you will find a variety of correct phrasings when the subject of the clause is rather long and can be split logically into two or more parts. the price | to replace a bumper allows for the addition of will be in either of two places. the price will be | to...

He says he wants to get along with whomever the next president of the US will be. He says he wants to get along with whoever will be the next president of the US. I think the first is correct and the second is wrong because whoever is the object. The word order in the whoever clause is...

Hi Kooyen,Would the following extract from perfectyourenglish.com help answer the question or create more confusion?"Wh-questions are reported by using ask (or another verb like ask) + question word + clause. We use normal word order. "What is your name?" he asked me. He asked what my name was....

Hi Kooyen,Would the following extract from perfectyourenglish.com help answer the question or create more confusion?"Wh-questions are reported by using ask (or another verb like ask) + question word + clause. We use normal word order. "What is your name?" he asked me. He asked what my name was....