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"The philologist delighted in inventing witty neologisms" DECODED

The is an article, philologist is the simple subject, delighted in this context is an intransitive verb, in inventing witty neologisms is the prepositional phrase with in as the preposition, inventing as a gerund and object of the preposition, and witty as the adjective modifier of neologisms, which is the object of the gerund.

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Is the pronoun in this sentence correct... Both the teachers and the students were delighted at him receiving such high SAT scores?

The pronoun in the sentence, 'him', is correct if the one the sentence refers to is a male. The pronoun 'him' is a singular, objective, personal pronoun which is functioning as the object of the preposition 'at'.The preposition 'at' is not the best choice, a better choice is 'for' (were delighted for him).Note: The word 'both' can function as an indefinite pronoun when it takes the place of a noun. However, in this sentence, it functions as an adjective, describing the nouns 'teachers and students'.Example use as a pronoun: The teachers and the students were both delighted...


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What is a sentence with the word philologist?

I'm studying to be a classical philologist!


How do you make a sentence using delighted?

She was delighted by the gift. They delighted the crowd with their theatrics.


How do you frame a sentence using the word delighted?

He was very delighted listening that he stood first in class. This is the sentence using the word delighted.


How do you use the word philologist in a sentence?

The university's most renowned philologist has just confirmed your interpretation of the symbols. When dealing with dead languages, even a philologist cannot be sure what a text was meant to say.


Can you give an example of a sentence with a word delighted?

I was delighted to be answering such a simple question.


Use delighted with a sentence?

The children were delighted with their new toys. The mayor is delighted to host a visit from our state's governor. The nursing home residents were delighted by the holiday concert put on by the kindergarten class.


How do you use the word delighted in a sentence?

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Which puntuation should you put on this sentence you would be delighted to come to the party shrieked Amy?

I would be delighted to come to the party shrieked Amy.


What is a good sentence for word delited?

I was delighted to have Ice-Cream for breakfast.


How do you use the word unexpectedly in a sentence?

He had arrived unexpectedly and they were delighted to see him.


Is the pronoun in this sentence correct... Both the teachers and the students were delighted at him receiving such high scores?

Yes, the objective, personal pronoun 'him' functioning as the object of the preposition 'at' is the correct form.However, the preposition 'at' is a bit clumsy. A more appropriate preposition in this sentence is 'for'.Example: Both the teachers and the students were delighted for him receiving such high scores.This is easier to see when the sentence is simplified, "Teachers and students were delighted for him."


How do you use the word merriment in a sentence?

Your sounds of delighted merriment drew my attention to the room.