The same grammar, from a new angle
Sentence structure: learn to be clear and concise in English
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Which sentence is correct?
✅ I talked to the boys, and none of them are coming to the party.
❌ I talked to the boys, and none of them is coming to the party.
How about this sentence?
✅ Neither the plates nor the serving bowl goes on that shelf
❌ Neither the plates nor the serving bowl go on that shelf
Where is the subject in this sentence?
❌ There is still a problem
THERE is the subject
THERE is the subject
✅ There is still a problem
PROBLEM is the subject
PROBLEM is the subject
How about this sentence? Where is the subject?
In a corner of the city, inside a tall, narrow house at Number 4 rue Vauborel, on the sixth and highest floor, a sightless sixteen-year-old named Marie-Laure LeBlanc kneels over a low table covered entirely with a model.
From All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
From All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The subject is "a sightless sixteen-year-old named Marie-Laure LeBlanc"
Which sentence is correct?
❌ Neither she, my friends, nor I am going to the festival.
this one is correct!
this one is correct!
✅ Neither she, I, nor my friends are going to the festival.
no, this one is definitely more correct!
no, this one is definitely more correct!
Is the word "seeing" gerund or present participle?
(btw, do you know the difference?)
(btw, do you know the difference?)
Seeing is believing.
I look forward to seeing you again next week.
✅ "Seeing" is a gerund.
✅ "believing" is a gerund too
I look forward to seeing you again next week.
✅ "Seeing" is a gerund.
✅ "believing" is a gerund too
Seeing is believing.
I look forward to seeing you again next week.
"Seeing" is a participle! But how about "believing?" WTF is this then?
I look forward to seeing you again next week.
"Seeing" is a participle! But how about "believing?" WTF is this then?
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