I often sport a bow tie at formal events. I like bow ties because I think they look good, and even I can’t inflict food stains a bow tie. I order all my bow ties from a Vermont company named Beau Ties ...

PPs may be adjoined to both NP and VP or they may function as a complement to either category. Given a phrase with a PP, it is not easy to determine the PP is a complement or a modifier. A couple of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Italian sentences which appear to lack propositional arguments of verbs are shown to be base-generated without these verb complements. This ...

IN last week's column, we looked at how inverted sentences allow us to abandon the normal subject-verb-complement (S-V/C) sequence so we can deliver the verb or its complement wherever we feel it can ...

WE have already taken up how inverted sentences depart from the normal sentence-verb-complement pattern (S-V/C) to put the verb or its complement wherever it can do its work best in the sentence, and ...

One of the pleasures of writing is being able to share not only information and ideas, but also one's feelings. But those are ...