Case for isolating present participles in their various positions Present participles can create illogical simultaneous actions (two actions taking place at the same time when they […]
April 24, 2020
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Pronoun it is the subject Besides applying to infinitive clauses, the grammatical rule of extraposition also applies to finite complement clauses, of which there are two […]
April 20, 2020
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An interesting function of using a superlative + than is that than accepts not only a noun/noun phrase, such as a nominal clause, but also a […]
April 20, 2020
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