I found this hilariously funny! Then I thought, "Gosh, maybe he was serious!" (Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic came to mind!) Ahem, . . . Terry?

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'inflection': the modification of the form of a word to express the different grammatical relations. BINGO! And the prize goes to Paco.

CJ: Who did we offer the job last year? (This one doesn't seem at all strange to me!) Eq: It's not ok for me, I think it's not in standard E nglish. Not positive though, someone check it up? I can only say: "Who did we offer the job to

"Linguists reserve the technical term "tense" for true inflection, . . . . . . I'm one, so yeah, I know. Cacarr, have you had a chance to read the article? Putting terminology aside, what is it about the distribution of modals that permits

Try, 1. (Watching) From Road NO.1, George saw the car moving at 80kmph. 2. Standing on Road NO.1, George saw the car moving at 80kmph.

All except two of them are correct.

Cacarr, it depends really on how one defines "tense" and "inflect". The following article discusses that topic as well as mentions how syntactic tense plays a role. Most of the posters on this thread have had a chance to read it. That's not to say

I agree with the other posters. Additionally, with eliptical structures, the comma might be serving as a signpost: EX: I like sushi. Me , too. (As for me , I like sushi, too.)

You, Pastel, make us that way. (L)