The part of speech of "correct" in this sentence is an adjective.
The word with the stress on the third syllable is "interview."
The word "pursuing" is a verb form. It is the present participle form of the verb "pursue."
Yes, saying "repeat twice" is correct in the context of giving a specific instruction to do something twice in a sequence. It is a clear and concise way to communicate the desired action.
No, "before we went out" is a dependent clause, not a complete phrase on its own. It lacks a subject and does not form a complete sentence by itself.
The word "president" is a noun in this sentence, not an adjective or an adverb.
The soft G rule, which states that a G followed by E, I, or Y is pronounced like a "j" sound, doesn't always work because English is a complex language with many exceptions. There are words borrowed from other languages or with unique origins that do not follow this rule, leading to inconsistencies in pronunciation.
Examples of gerund phrases include:
Yes, "rubbish" is a countable noun. You can refer to a number of individual items of rubbish as "rubbishes." For example, "There are three rubbishes in the bin."
No, happiness is not countable as it is a state of being or an emotion, rather than a physical object that can be quantified or counted in a numerical sense.
No, the verb "affront" is not typically followed by the preposition "with." The more common prepositions used with "affront" are "to" or "by."
The statement is technically correct but not clear. It would be improved by providing more context or specifying what schools have not completed.
The complete predicate in the sentence is "has been practicing the violin all afternoon." It includes the main verb "practicing" and the helping verbs "has been."
"Before" typically indicates a time earlier than the point of reference, while "after" represents a time later than the point of reference.
Correcting fused sentences and comma splices is important because they can make your writing unclear and difficult to read. Fused sentences combine two independent clauses without proper punctuation, leading to confusion. Comma splices incorrectly join two independent clauses with just a comma, breaking grammatical rules. By fixing these errors, you can improve the clarity and coherence of your writing.
Both are grammatically correct:
Examples:
Our school's schedule is from 8:30 to 2:20.
-- Singular, the schedule of one school.
All of the schools' schedules are set by the board.
-- Plural, the schedules of all the schools.
Some word family members for "passive" include passivity, passively, passiveness, and passivize.
You would need to add two commas to the sentence. It would read: "There will be, Alice, Bob, Carol, David, and Erin, on the committee."