July 2021

Hi, Margarita, and welcome to the G.E, This is not a sentence. The main clause lacks the subject and the verb, and the subordinate clause lacks the preposition 'to' at the end. You can say: - Hurghada is one of the most beautiful beaches (that) I have ever been to . OR: - It is probably one of the most beautiful beaches (that) I've ever been to .Read More...

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Indirect objects without prepositions come between the verb and the direct object: - I gave him the box ⇒ This is the book I gave him . (Notice that the focus on "the box" in the sentence with the relative does not alter the sequence Subject + Verb + Indirect Object of the sentence without the relative.) If introduced by "to," the indirect object will be emphatic and will appear after the direct one: - I gave the box to him ⇒ He is the man I gave the box to . (Here, the focus on "the man" in...Read More...

Thank you so much, David! So, maybe only "not" can be raised to the main clause, but not any other (semi-) negative words. Interesting!Read More...

Hello, Kripal, and welcome to the Grammar Exchange. Would you like to ask a question? You have issued a command in the title and have written one sentence in the body of your post. I do not see a question.Read More...

No. Another meaning of "as of" is "starting from," which is the one that applies above. "As of" above is not a compound preposition. In (2), "as" forms part of "as well as," and the noun "masters" has been omitted: - But Oswio and his son Ecgfrith greatly extended their territories towards the north and north-west, making themselves masters of the kingdoms of Strathclyde and Dalriada, as well as masters of a large part of the Pictish kingdom. As you can see, "as" is not in any way related to...Read More...

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Hi, Gustavo, I really like your elaborate explanation. Hi, David, you're always enlightening me by providing a new approaching way.Read More...

Hi, Grammar Man—Where does this example come from? "So that, we could start the lesson!" is not only incorrect; it is not a sentence. Here is a better way of phrasing things, which is also grammatical, and it uses "can," not "could": Good morning, class! Please take your seats, stop talking, and be quiet, so that we can start the lesson.Read More...

I can see that in several of the examples "successful" refers to the launch or landing of the spacecraft. I will not say that the other examples are wrong. What I do say is that "its," just like "it," refers to the sending of the spacecraft, not to the spacecraft itself: Although it was technically a much less challenging achievement than carrying humans into orbit, its success was seen as an important step toward opening up space to commercial travel and eventually to tourism. It would be...Read More...

Interesting question, Ahmed. I don't think there's a rule that establishes when it is better to use when or where after temporal nouns like situation, stage, point. I remember writing about this in another post some time ago, but cannot find it. In my experience, "where" tends to sound more natural than "when" after those nouns, and is therefore more usual. "When" will always be used when the preceding noun is strictly temporal, like year, month, date , but "where" will usually be more...Read More...

No, Robby, that sentence is fine. You should delete the question mark. If you check on Google Books and on various corpora, you will see how common and normal it is to use to use the simple present of "intimidate" to refer to a state.Read More...

I'm not sure why you are under the impression that a sentence like "I had a great time" may be incorrect without an addition, Grammar Man. It's fine. You example (2) is ungrammatical because you have used an objective-case pronoun as the subject of the "till"-clause. "Her" should be "she." The sentence "I had a great time till she came home" is also correct, but the sentence implies that you ceased having a good time when she came home.Read More...

Thank you so much for your time and effort, Sir. It is rare to see people like you in this world helping uneducated people like me. God bless you for that.Read More...