Nov 18, 2003 · The plan struck me as excellent. A bit like sentence 5, "as excellent" describe the subject "THe plan". In this case is "as excellent" prepositional? I wonder if sentences 5 and 6 …

Feb 9, 2003 · It's not a practical concept for basic grammar instruction, but it's useful for analyzing sentence patterns. Predicate adverbs of linking verbs are components of the sixth pattern in …

Nov 13, 2002 · Interesting Q. Looks like it is: like, brand new = very new = like new. If not hypenated: 1. brand new = adverb + adjective (although brand is a noun) 2. very new = adverb …

May 28, 2011 · Grammar books and dictionaries say that in the above sentence, was is an auxiliary verb, and killed is the past participle of the transitive verb kill. Then this sentence, it …

Mar 12, 2012 · Hi everyone, Can you help me to figure out the sentence pattern of this question: "What is the weather like in Moscow?" The part of speech and the function of "like" in this …

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Nov 9, 2023 · This is a carefully edited list of the most important English emailing phrases. You should make sure you have learnt and can use the phrases below before trying to learn and …

Oct 12, 2011 · Could somebody point me to a website, or maybe a few, where I can refresh my rusty knowledge of sentence patterns, parts of speech or whatever it is called by linguists and …

May 26, 2023 · 1.5. Intransitive phrasal verbs Now consider this sentence: 16. We fell out over the incident. Here, the italicised word-pair takes on a meaning (disagreed, argued) beyond the …

May 16, 2025 · This is a detailed analysis of all 46 IELTS GT Writing Task 1 letter tasks published in official Cambridge IELTS exam practice books 1 to 16 from 1995 to 2022. It starts with a …