With your permission: using “with” in an opening clause
A questioner asks: With your permission I saw the above example for “with” as a preposition. Please explain to me its use and grammar. I always get confused by the… Read more »
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a or an?
Readers often ask a grammar question about whether to use a or an. This often occurs because they see a before a word beginning with a vowel, and they have… Read more »
Dangling modifiers
A reader asked the following grammar question: Faced with danger, a human’s adrenalin will be produced much faster. Is this sentence correct? I think that “faced with danger” is a… Read more »
Ellipsis: when shorter is better
Gemma writes: Hi. I am teaching ellipsis to a group of students and I think I’ve confused myself! The long sentence is: How could their petition receive so many more… Read more »
My or me + verb-ing? Possessive Gerund
Jose asks about the possessive gerund in my Free Grammar Questions, Which is correct? (1) She doesn’t approve of (me) or (my) gambling. (2) They insisted on (me) or (my)… Read more »