In "THE MORPHOLEXICAL NATURE OF ENGLISH to-CONTRACTION", Pullum quotes four examples of usage of "wants to"/"wansta":
(5)
a. Teddy is the man Mike wants to send.
b. Teddy is the man Mike wants to go.
c. Teddy is the man Mike wansta send.
d. *Teddy is the man Mike wansta go.
I would ...
In the sentence:
They also live in Argentina, Bolivia and Ecuador where they reside mainly on estuaries, lagoons, mud flats and salt lakes.
we can distinguish two clauses. The main clause:
They also live in Argentina, Bolivia and Ecuador.
and a subordinate clause:
where they resid...
We don't put comma before where in such case. That's because the author is telling us what places do (in those countries) they live in.
When where serves as an adverb, it generally does not take comma before it. It simply talks about which/what place.
I know where he is - the 'adverb' use ...
Start by dismissing the ‘first / second / third conditional’ notion from consideration—that is a ‘baby rule’ for introducing beginners to conditional constructions.
The sentence given in your quote may mean two different things: it may be (1) a tentative (hypothetical) conditional in the presen...
@StoneyB My poor-man interpretation is that the dummy proun "it" in that sentence has been removed because "as" already satisfies the need for a subject.
> go as fast as you can > it tasted like grape juice but not as sweet > as she grew older, she kept more to herself > as you can see, I didn’t go after all > I must stop now as I have to go out > sweet as he is, he doesn’t pay his bills > as for you, you’d better be quick > she behaved as if he weren’t there > I’ve got enough on my plate as [it] is > as of January 1, a free market will be created > decisions as to which patients receive treatment > the damage is as yet undetermined > We Might As Well Win
This reminds me of Polish. They have pairs of verbs that mean the same like pomóc and pomagać but the latter one describes an action with the perfect aspect.
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In "THE MORPHOLEXICAL NATURE OF ENGLISH to-CONTRACTION", Pullum quotes four examples of usage of "wants to"/"wansta":
(5)
a. Teddy is the man Mike wants to send.
b. Teddy is the man Mike wants to go.
c. Teddy is the man Mike wansta send.
d. *Teddy is the man Mike wansta go.
I would ...
We don't put comma before where in such case. That's because the author is telling us what places do (in those countries) they live in.
When where serves as an adverb, it generally does not take comma before it. It simply talks about which/what place.
I know where he is - the 'adverb' use ...
Start by dismissing the ‘first / second / third conditional’ notion from consideration—that is a ‘baby rule’ for introducing beginners to conditional constructions.
The sentence given in your quote may mean two different things: it may be (1) a tentative (hypothetical) conditional in the presen...