"But what about Sir Isaac Newton, who some contend was autistic?”   I may not get this. I may get here and there complete sentences may not contain subject verb object. I think they got to contain subject (intransitive) verb? In But what about Sir Isaac Newton, who some contend was autistic? there seems no main clause, no subject (intransitive verb) bit. May this seem like a complete sentence maybe a complete interrogative(?) not containing a main clause or complete sentence bit(?) (subject intransitive verb[?])?
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Amy: What day is it today?    Tom: It's Monday. Hmm... I like Monday.   Amy: What do you have today?   Tom: We have math, science and art.What about you?   Amy: We have English and P.E. What do you have tomorrow?    Tom: We have art and P.E.tomorrow.    Amy: Oh, great.      I can understand that "What about you" means "What do you have today?"  But I wonder whether "What about you" is an elliptical sentence. If it is, what is the full sentence? If it isn't, how to parse this structure?
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Example with a context ():     However, the very fact that the West and those Russians in the know were alarmed, and that even the Kremlin apparatus seemed clumsy and unsure of what to do, stress the degree to which if anything happens to Putin the regime will be in trouble — and we do not know what would follow.   What is the subject of this sentence? To me, it looks like the very fact should be the subject. Thus, we need a singular verb to go along with it. But, as you can see, that's not the case at all. The verb is stress and it is a plural verb. On the other hand, that entire monstrosity in bold might very well be the subject, although, to me, that doesn't really sound like it can be one—it'd grammatically inconsistent to think of it as the subject. Hmm, am I missing something here? What do you think is going on?
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The other day, my father and I were expecting my brothers to come home. Upon hearing a car enter the driveway, my father said, &quot;Your brothers are here.&quot; When I looked at the door, I could see that it was actually my sister who had arrived, and not my brothers, so I responded,  She's not my brothers.  This seemed like a very awkward construction, but I could not think of any reason that it would be ungrammatical, other than the subject being singular and the object being plural. I can think of several examples of sentences where the subject and object are different in number (with an intransitive verb: obviously there is nothing wrong with a transitive verb like &quot;kick&quot; having a subject an object differing in number) that do not seem to have any grammatical awkwardness.  We are a family. His mind and body are one. God is three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.  Is the sentence, &quot;she's not my brothers&quot; grammatically correct, and what makes it different from these other sentences?
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They interviewed several candidates who he thought had the experience and qualifications he required.   My test prep book says this should be "who" because of the subordinate clause's predicate:     They interviewed several candidates who he thought had the experience and qualifications he required.   I feel like it should be "whom" as it's the object of the main clause.     The interviewed several candidates whom he thought had the experience and qualifications he required.   Who's right?
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Why is the phrase "I hope this computer work" unacceptable? The word "hope" makes the phrase subjunctive, so why isn't it correct to use the infinitive verb form?
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I thought I heard my teacher said: 'Don't construct a sentence without a verb.'  Is there such rule in english grammar?     She looks like 70 years old. Perhaps older.   How about the question above? Is it correct? Is there any book that can be used references for wide range of topics in grammar(including syntax, morphology et cetera)? I have finished oxford grammar in use recently and think it wasn't enough for me.
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My friend and I got into an argument about English grammar, so I was hoping maybe you could help us out. Okay so we want to know if the following part of the sentence is correct, "People who are satisfied and feel self-fulfilled like I" rather than "People who are satisfied and feel self-fulfilled like me". I have already provided many sources to my friend showing that the first way is a formal and a grammatically correct way, however he wants an answer with this specific part of the sentence.   Please help us out  Thank you
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An online retail store is asking its customers to construct a sentence beginning with them in order to win a voucher. I just can't believe there's  any such sentence, at least I don't know of any!   I've had enough laughs with friends coming up with Americanisms that fit, so that's not what I'm looking for.  I'm just very curious, is such a sentence grammatically possible or is this store just being mischievous?
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There is a sentence:     No sooner had he sat down than he fell asleep.   I just do not understand, is this an inversion? And if so, I still do not understand the sentence.
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Is     The more, the merrier!   a sentence? It doesn't seem to have a main verb, so I'm inclined to say no, but it certainly functions as a sentence in everyday speech.  I can think of three ways of analysing it:   It's a sentence with no main verb. Is this even possible? It's a sentence with an implicit verb: something like The more we have, the better! It's not a sentence. But then, what is it?
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As always, while reading through I found a sentence whose structure confused me.  What I want to know is whether the first sentence is the inversion form of the second sentence.      1. If the reason was to avoid bad publicity should his error be discovered, then . . .      2. If the reason was his error be discovered to avoid bad publicity, then . . .   If not, how should I interpret the first sentence?  Thanks.
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There are different types of problem.   or      There are different types of problems.   I easily get confused when I make such sentence(s). Look, still I am not sure whether I should use sentence or sentences.
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I am a chinese student and one of my friend, a chinese, wrote sentences like this:  Just a little above me, he was fighting with all his might.  On the summit of the mountain, he cried with joy.  He was pretty certain that these sentences were correct but I am not so sure. I've heard sentences like His eyes bright, he talked vigorously or Her coat barely on her shoulder, she dashed out of her house, but I have never seen sentences like the ones my friend wrote, the ones with no subject in the front. Can anyone tell me the name of the sentences my friend wrote? And if possible, can you also tell me if the name of the sentences I wrote is verbless clause?  Thanks.
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To my surprise, there's a missing question about this particularly interesting verb, dare. All I know about it is the fact it can be in two forms, as an auxiliary (without to: "I dare not mention their names") and main (with to: "Did anyone dare to admit it?") verb and the difference has something to do with agreeing with subject. Can somebody explain in a greater detail?
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I read a sentence,     John has published research in academic journals of philosophy and law.    The author meant John has published research in academic journals of philosophy and in academic journals of law. But one could take the sentence to mean John has published research in academic journals that cover both philosophy and law.  I remember reading an article about these sorts of 'and' constructions;  I don't have any sufficiently specific keywords in mind to search for the answer.   Do you know what keywords relate to these sorts of constructions?
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I can't figure out if the below sentence should use “was” or “were”, since I'm not sure what the subject of the sentence is. Is the sentence incomplete? How do I handle this kind of sentence, where no nouns or pronouns are present?     Knowing how to jump and being able to run was / were crucial during my high jump career.
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Possible Duplicate:              My son, who is in fourth grade, wrote the following sentence in response to a story he'd read: "Another question I had was why were people swimming with dolphins." His teacher gave him no credit for this sentence.  She contended that the sentence must conclude with a question mark.  I believe that the sentence represents a declaration and not a question, and that the concluding period is appropriate and correct.  Would someone kindly help?