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What's the subject and verb for these sentences and are these correct:

1. I just didn't know how to lay it out to make it look clear of what I am trying to ask.
2. I just didn't know how to lay it out to make it looks clear of what I am trying to ask.

Are these correct? If not, why? What's the difference in meaing between the two?

1. It is valued.
2. It is value. (I can say 'It is value' but not 'It is kill', why?

3. They feel like a valued client.
4. They feel like a value client.

5. There is a detail newsletter. ( I've checked this with Microsoft Word but it didn't catch any mistakes, so I am not sure if this is correct or not)
6. There is a detailed newsletter.

7. There will be a detail newsletter.
8. There will be a detailed newsletter.

9. There is a kill person over there.
10. There is a killed person over there.

11. He is a killed person.
12. He is a kill person.

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

What's the subject and verb for these sentences and are these correct:

1. I just didn't know how to lay it out to make it look clear of what I am trying to ask.
2. I just didn't know how to lay it out to make it looks clear of what I am trying to ask.

Subject "I". Verb: "know".
At the end: Subject: "what I am trying to ask" verb "look".

Neither of your sentences is correct. The word "of" should not be there.

Here are some correct ways to say what you wanted:

I just didn't know how to lay it out to make clear what I'm trying to ask.
I just didn't know how to present my questions clearly.
I just didn't know how to lay out the examples clearly.
I just didn't know how to lay out the sentences so that it would be clear what I was asking.

Are these correct? If not, why? What's the difference in meaing between the two?

1. It is valued.
2. It is value. (I can say 'It is value' but not 'It is kill', why?

Both "It is value" and "It is kill" are incorrect, unless in the context of
"It is value I look for in a car." "value" is both a verb and a non-count noun. "kill" is almost always a verb, rarely, a count noun.

3. They feel like a valued client.
4. They feel like a value client.

They feel like valued customers / clients. 4 is ungrammatical.

5. There is a detail newsletter. ( I've checked this with Microsoft Word but it didn't catch any mistakes, so I am not sure if this is correct or not)
6. There is a detailed newsletter.
7. There will be a detail newsletter.
8. There will be a detailed newsletter.

Needs more to complete the thought. The ones with "detail" are ungrammatical.

There is a detailed newsletter on the table.
There is a detailed newsletter available on-line.
There will be a detailed newsletter provided next week.

9. There is a kill person over there.
10. There is a killed person over there.
11. He is a killed person.
12. He is a kill person.

None of these is idiomatic. 9 and 12 are grammatically impossible.

There is a dead person over there.
There is a dead body over there. Someone has been killed.

He has been killed. He has been murdered.

Jack112 · Answer

Are these correct? If not, why?

1.The mailman will discard not invited letters to your house.
2.The mailman will discard not invite letters to your house.

What's the difference in meaning between these two and are they correct?
3. He is trouble.
4. He is troubled.

5. Are there any closed captiong programs?
6. Is there any closed captiong program?

7. I just didn't know how to lay it out to make it look clear of what I am trying to ask. (Why is "of" incorrect here?)
8. I just didn't know how to lay it out to make clear what I'm trying to ask. (this part doesn't sound right to me "to make clear what I'm trying to ask", why is "of" incorrect between "make" and "clear"?)

9. I heard her sang once.
10. I heard her sing once.

CalifJim · Answer

1.The mailman will discard not invited letters to your house.
2.The mailman will discard not invite letters to your house.

I think you're looking for the word "uninvited" or, as you used in another post, "unsolicited". Again I must say I am not familiar with the idea of uninvited letters or unsolicited letters coming to my house. I am not familiar with invited or solicited letters, either. What would it mean to solicit or not to solicit letters? Are you referring to junk mail?

What's the difference in meaning between these two and are they correct?
3. He is trouble.
4. He is troubled.

3. borders on slang. He's trouble. Don't associate with him. You'll be sorry if you become friends with him.
4. means something very different. "troubled" can mean "worried" or "concerned" or "puzzled".

5. Are there any closed captiong programs?
6. Is there any closed captiong program?

You mean "captioning". 5. is better than 6. Grammatically, both are correct.

7. I just didn't know how to lay it out to make it look clear of what I am trying to ask. (Why is "of" incorrect here?)

I'm not sure how to answer. "of" has no function in this sentence. There is no reason for it to be there. Are you trying to connect "of" with "clear" or with "ask"?

a) The pattern is: 'to make something clear', not 'to make of something clear'.
In the example sentence, "what I am trying to ask" is the "something", so the pattern becomes:

to make 'what I am trying to ask' clear.

But 'what I am trying to ask' puts too many words between "make" and "clear", so we move "clear" up next to "make":

to make clear 'what I am trying to ask'.

b) The pattern is: 'I am trying to ask something', not 'I am trying to ask of something'. Therefore, the corresponding pattern is "what I am trying to ask", not "what I am trying to ask of" or "of what I am trying to ask".

Does either of those patterns help you understand that "of" is extraneous?

8. I just didn't know how to lay it out to make clear what I'm trying to ask. (this part doesn't sound right to me "to make clear what I'm trying to ask", why is "of" incorrect between "make" and "clear"?)

Did you mean between "clear" and "what", as in the previous sentence? (I ask because "make of clear" was not a combination you tried in any previous example.) I think your answer is already given above.

9. I heard her sang once.
10. I heard her sing once.

9. is not correct. 10. is correct.

After "saw", "heard", "felt", "made", "let", "helped", "had", you need to connect to another verb in the base form (infinitive without the "to"), not in the past tense.

I saw him swim. I heard her sing. I felt the spider crawl up my arm. I made them obey the rules. I let them come in. I helped her build the cabinets. I had them paint the house.

Jack112 · Answer

Thanks.

Are these correct? If not, why? What's the subject and verb?

1. Who made that killed?
2. Who made that kill?

3. Who made that shot?
4. Who made that shoot?

What is 'that' referring to?

Jack112 · Answer

Do these make sense?

1. An excellent company that provides me many fine experiences. (What does this mean?
2. An excellent company that provided me many fine experiences. (What does this mean?

3. Use all equipment as it was designed to be used. (Does this mean at the time it was designed tobe used?)
4. Use all equipment as it is designed to be used. (What does this mean?)

MountainHiker · Answer

jack112,

What do you think and why?

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