Sentence Correction

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papgust wrote:Quantity Words:

Two Items More than two items
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Between Among
More Most
Better Best
Less Least


Used with Used with
Countable Items Uncountable items
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Fewer Less
Number Amount, Quantity
Many Much

papgust wrote:Phrase/Clause as SUBJECT:

The subject of a sentence is sometimes an entire phrase/clause. However, they are ALWAYS SINGULAR and require only SINGULAR VERBS.

Examples:
Having good experience in a field does bring in great opportunities.
Whatever they want to do is fine with me.

papgust wrote:-- IMPORTANT --

Myth of "One of.."


1. One of the X's that/who <plural>
2. One of the X's <singular>
3. Only one of the X's <singular>
4. Only one of the X's that/who <plural>
5. The only one of the X's that/who <singular>


Courtesy: Ron Purewal, GMAT Expert.

shoot4greatness wrote:

papgust wrote:Quantity Words:

Two Items More than two items
------------- --------------------------
Between Among
More Most
Better Best
Less Least


Used with Used with
Countable Items Uncountable items
--------------------- -----------------------
Fewer Less
Number Amount, Quantity
Many Much

Hi Papgust, I am not quite clear about this section. Do you mind explaining this in detail? Thanks in advance.

Reva wrote:

papgust wrote:Phrase/Clause as SUBJECT:

The subject of a sentence is sometimes an entire phrase/clause. However, they are ALWAYS SINGULAR and require only SINGULAR VERBS.

Examples:
Having good experience in a field does bring in great opportunities.
Whatever they want to do is fine with me.

how do we know that subject is an entire phrase or clause like in e.g whatever they want to do ..... here subjet can be"they"
Thanks

The subject is a noun phrase in the sentence and can be realised by the following forms

* A determinerless noun phrase, also called a bare noun phrase. In English, this is mostly limited to plural noun phrases and noun phrases headed by a mass noun.

Builders are at work.

* A noun phrase introduced by a determiner. This complex (determiner + noun phrase) is usually called a determiner phrase:

The large car stopped outside our house.

* A gerund. These can be shown to behave as noun phrases in many respects, for example, in being able to form determinerless phrases

Eating is a pleasure.
His constant hammering was very annoying.

* An infinitive. These can be shown to behave in many respects as embedded clauses, for example in allowing question words like "who."

To read is easier than to write.
Whom to hire is a difficult question.

* A full clause, introduced by the complementizer that, itself containing a subject and a predicate.

That he had travelled the world was known by everyone.

* A direct quotation:

I love you is often heard these days.

* The subject can also be implied. In the following command, the subject is the implied "you" that is the recipient of the imperative mood.

Take out the trash!

* An expletive. These are words like it or there when they don't refer to any thing or place. For example in the following sentence "it" doesn't refer to anything.

It rains.

* A cataphoric it. This is the use of it when it is co-referent with a subordinate clause that comes after it.

It was known by everyone (that) he had travelled the world.

papgust wrote:

Reva wrote:

papgust wrote:Phrase/Clause as SUBJECT:

The subject of a sentence is sometimes an entire phrase/clause. However, they are ALWAYS SINGULAR and require only SINGULAR VERBS.

Examples:
Having good experience in a field does bring in great opportunities.
Whatever they want to do is fine with me.

how do we know that subject is an entire phrase or clause like in e.g whatever they want to do ..... here subjet can be"they"
Thanks

Subject can actually be a noun or a noun phrase such as this. You may find more information here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject_(grammar)
i am sorry but this concept is still not clear to me, that how a subjet is an entire phrase

I'm quoting specific text from the link here to help you understand.

The subject is a noun phrase in the sentence and can be realised by the following forms

* A determinerless noun phrase, also called a bare noun phrase. In English, this is mostly limited to plural noun phrases and noun phrases headed by a mass noun.

Builders are at work.

* A noun phrase introduced by a determiner. This complex (determiner + noun phrase) is usually called a determiner phrase:

The large car stopped outside our house.

* A gerund. These can be shown to behave as noun phrases in many respects, for example, in being able to form determinerless phrases

Eating is a pleasure.
His constant hammering was very annoying.

* An infinitive. These can be shown to behave in many respects as embedded clauses, for example in allowing question words like "who."

To read is easier than to write.
Whom to hire is a difficult question.

* A full clause, introduced by the complementizer that, itself containing a subject and a predicate.

That he had travelled the world was known by everyone.

* A direct quotation:

I love you is often heard these days.

* The subject can also be implied. In the following command, the subject is the implied "you" that is the recipient of the imperative mood.

Take out the trash!

* An expletive. These are words like it or there when they don't refer to any thing or place. For example in the following sentence "it" doesn't refer to anything.

It rains.

* A cataphoric it. This is the use of it when it is co-referent with a subordinate clause that comes after it.

It was known by everyone (that) he had travelled the world.

abhi.genx7 wrote:Hey pagpust ,
Is Mandated that an idiom ?

papgust wrote:Possessive Pronouns:

Possessive Pronouns can refer back to ONLY Possessive nouns.

Subject and Object Pronouns can refer back to ONLY Subject and Objects nouns respectively. (NOT Possessive Nouns)


Example:
Jose's room is so messy that his mother calls him a pig -- WRONG! "Him" (Object Pronoun) refers to Jose's (Possessive Noun).

Jose's room is so messy that his mother calls Jose a pig -- RIGHT!

shoot4greatness wrote:Papgust, thanks for your explanation. Another question refers to this post:

papgust wrote:Possessive Pronouns:

Possessive Pronouns can refer back to ONLY Possessive nouns.

Subject and Object Pronouns can refer back to ONLY Subject and Objects nouns respectively. (NOT Possessive Nouns)


Example:
Jose's room is so messy that his mother calls him a pig -- WRONG! "Him" (Object Pronoun) refers to Jose's (Possessive Noun).

Jose's room is so messy that his mother calls Jose a pig -- RIGHT!

I don't quite understand the explanation. In the wrong example, "his" refers to "him" thus making the subject/object relationship unclear. However, in the right example, "his" refers to "Jose" making the subject/object relationship clear; "Jose" is the object and "his" mother is the subject. This relationship is not consistent with the rule "possessive pronouns can refer back to onlypossessive nouns." "Jose" is the object noun and "his" is the possessive pronoun. Am I not understanding this?