StartFragment > In a book, THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, there's a sentence like below. To me, LAYING sounds strange, and LYING seems better. ▪ I saw Jane laying on her stomach next to the swimming pool. Of course, I

Of course I've seen your post. But there happens another example of plural case of what clause, even though I completely agree with what you're saying. So I posted the same topic again. Sorry for the fuss and thanks

StartFragment > StartFragment > I know 'what' clause can be singular or plural depending on the complement. ▪ What matters most is your safety . ▪ What she enjoys most about children are their smiles .

StartFragment > StartFragment > I know 'what' clause can be singular or plural depending on the complement. ▪ What matters most is your safety . ▪ What she enjoys most about children are their smiles .

StartFragment > In the below sentence, the sentence represented by red letters look a bit curious? I can't figure out exactly what it means. Would you be willing to help make some signs and stand on major intersections? It is

Is the red part grammatically wrong? The answer says it should be 'father's death,' not 'father dead.' I'm okay with 'father's death' but I think it's also okay with 'father dead,' since

StartFragment > In the next paragraph, can you tell me the relevance of the red-lettered part? I cannot tell how it is wrong exactly, but somehow it seems wrong. Periodically he would go missing and we would have to check the

I know the typical example of future perfect sentence : "By next Christmas we'll have been here for eight years." But when I came across the next paragraph with future perfect sentence, I cannot figure out how future perfect tense is

StartFragment > In the below sentences, it seems that a writer uses "subject" and "object" almost in the same sense. Can you teach me how I can distinguish these two words? One of the main principles I follow

Thanks. I get to know what you mean at another dictionary. –verb (used without object) 12. to act as a factor.