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One word for "put something to a lower form/level/grade"

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"Scarlet with rage, she swept past her employer and stormed up the stairs." — "Scarlet with rage" modifies "she", so adjectives can modify pronouns?

answered Jun 1 at 17:29

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Where is the subject in "as was traditional for unmarried women"?

answered Feb 14, 2017 at 20:01

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Why is this sentence grammatical?

answered Sep 14, 2019 at 11:38

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Why is "second" an adverb in "came a close second"?

answered Jun 10 at 7:17

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Does the sentence portray fronting or inversion?

answered Mar 22 at 16:06

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Could anyone tell the function of "that" in the following sentence?

answered May 18, 2021 at 10:18

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What's the grammar used in "just what quarter he did not now remember" from the book 1984?

answered Dec 10, 2021 at 9:53

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Is "running" a gerund or a participial adjective?

answered Jan 6, 2017 at 17:35

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How did grammarians determine that the Present Continuous is an aspect?

answered Aug 26, 2023 at 8:19

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What’s the grammar of "For those whose stories they are"?

answered Mar 4, 2023 at 9:47

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Can we ever use "that" and "who" right next to each other?

answered Dec 15, 2020 at 10:13

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"Me knowing that he was... " Is "me" the subject?

answered Feb 19, 2016 at 13:21

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"How did it use/d to work?"; 'use' or 'used'?

answered Mar 21, 2016 at 8:18

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"There is to be no drinking beer today" What is the status of "no" and "beer" here?

answered May 17, 2016 at 16:54

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Only as an adverb

answered Jan 1, 2022 at 11:49

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"Exactly noon" parts of speech

answered Aug 7, 2022 at 7:12

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What are time words doing when they occur after a noun?

answered May 25, 2021 at 9:50

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Is the word shocking in this sentence being used as a gerund or present participle? And why?

answered Dec 18, 2023 at 17:30

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"The tired fireman found the building ablaze", is "ablaze" predicative adjective at there?

answered Jul 3 at 12:24

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'Come' as a subordinate conjunction

answered Mar 20 at 17:16

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What is the subject in the relative clause “that it affects the Earth's balance"?

answered Jul 7, 2023 at 8:58

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Confusion with pronouns proceeding gerunds

answered Nov 26, 2021 at 11:45

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Non-defining relative clauses: use 'who' or 'which'

answered Jun 30, 2022 at 14:32

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Use the object pronoun or the subject pronoun as the relative pronoun heading a restrictive clause that employs a transitive verb and a linking verb?

answered Dec 14, 2020 at 19:02

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What is the head noun in a noun 'and' noun phrase?

answered Jul 16, 2017 at 14:04

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What part of speech is the word "smiling" in this example?

answered Feb 21, 2016 at 18:24

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Is "something red" an example of ellipsis or adjectival positioning

answered Dec 23, 2015 at 18:47

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Identifying Main and Subordinate clauses

answered Jan 15, 2021 at 12:28

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Subordinate clause types/functions

answered Jan 18, 2021 at 17:55

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One word for "put something to a lower form/level/grade"

"Scarlet with rage, she swept past her employer and stormed up the stairs." — "Scarlet with rage" modifies "she", so adjectives can modify pronouns?

Where is the subject in "as was traditional for unmarried women"?

Why is this sentence grammatical?

Why is "second" an adverb in "came a close second"?

Does the sentence portray fronting or inversion?

Could anyone tell the function of "that" in the following sentence?

What's the grammar used in "just what quarter he did not now remember" from the book 1984?

Is "running" a gerund or a participial adjective?

How did grammarians determine that the Present Continuous is an aspect?

What’s the grammar of "For those whose stories they are"?

Can we ever use "that" and "who" right next to each other?

"Me knowing that he was... " Is "me" the subject?

"How did it use/d to work?"; 'use' or 'used'?

"There is to be no drinking beer today" What is the status of "no" and "beer" here?

Only as an adverb

"Exactly noon" parts of speech

What are time words doing when they occur after a noun?

Is the word shocking in this sentence being used as a gerund or present participle? And why?

"The tired fireman found the building ablaze", is "ablaze" predicative adjective at there?

'Come' as a subordinate conjunction

What is the subject in the relative clause “that it affects the Earth's balance"?

Confusion with pronouns proceeding gerunds

Non-defining relative clauses: use 'who' or 'which'

Use the object pronoun or the subject pronoun as the relative pronoun heading a restrictive clause that employs a transitive verb and a linking verb?

What is the head noun in a noun 'and' noun phrase?

What part of speech is the word "smiling" in this example?

Is "something red" an example of ellipsis or adjectival positioning

Identifying Main and Subordinate clauses

Subordinate clause types/functions