Jul 18, 2009 · Hi, everyone. A question more on grammar terminology than on grammar itself, here. The winter of '24, the coldest on record, was followed by a warm summer. The winter of …

Dec 9, 2013 · I agree that an appositional phrase follows the comma here: 'I have never been an ascetic, the kind of person to deny the pleasures of the flesh'. But I realy can't see an …

May 19, 2022 · An appositional phrase can come before the noun it refers to, but this is not very common in English because, as you say, it is difficult to understand. Read this as: A uthenticity …

Jul 1, 2013 · الان و بعد عدة سنوات من الفقر الشديد ,أصبح الناس معتادين على وضعهم الجديد. Now and after many years of the extreme poverty ,the people became _______their new situation . Please,translate the …

Jan 12, 2013 · I think most experts would agree that the function of the why clause within such a phrase does not depend on the exact function of the whole phrase within a sentence. In other …

Apr 26, 2014 · can only be integrated in the text as an appositional phrase if the following clause has a main verb to which the 'as' clause looks forward. ironman2012 is quite right to suggest …

Aug 9, 2016 · [قَاتِل noun & adjective: conversion a.k.a. zero derivation] Hi, Lexicographical terminology aside, قَاتِل can be a noun 'killer، murderer' (derived from the active participle of …

Dec 22, 2017 · Namaste, Dear members. Please tell me if my #3 is wrong. (I think it is right) 1- She thinks herself as very intelligent.:cross: 2- She thinks herself very intelligent.:tick: 3- She …

Sep 25, 2006 · It is normal usage provided the appositional of-phrase is definite and human. So a colleague of Bruce's is idiomatic, a friend of the British Museum's is not. I really enjoyed the …

Oct 2, 2018 · 1) السكة الحديد (noun+appositional phrase, no gender agreement) 2) السكة الحديدية (noun+nisba adjective, with gender agreement) 3) سكة الحديد (iDaafa) With 1) you can produce …