A Few Sentences...

[Kerim]

Originally Posted by Kerim

This is a relative, too? Or it means that "place"?. And last question:

And, please answer that too...

[Kerim]

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by Kerim

This is a relative, too? Or it means that "place"?.

ACME is [a place] where she works. <relative adverb>

The entire clause, "where she works" modifies the omitted noun "a place".

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[Kerim]

Thanks.

So what about "having to"? What's its grammar?

Having to + keep low

[Casiopea]

It's a nominal phrase. "having" functions as a gerund, a noun. Gerunds can do everything a noun can do. It can (a) take a possessive adjective,

EX: Your having to keep low

And (b), it can function as subject or as an object,

EX: Having to keep low is starting to get to me. <subject>
EX: I hate having to keep low all the time. <object>

"having to keep low" also has a verbal form, have to keep low,

EX: You have to keep low! <verb phrase>

"have to" is a modal auxiliary verb. It is near synonymous with "must". The difference between the two is rather slight, but nonetheless there is a difference:

I have to go. <an obligation to my parents; they want me home early>
I must go. <an obligation to myself; I need to wake up early tomorrow>

"must" doesn't have a gerund form. "have to" does. The reason being, "have" is also a full-fledged verb, whereas "must" is not.

Hope that helps.

[Kerim]

Now, I confused completely. If this is a gerund, How do i connect it with keep low?

[Kerim]

My "having to keep low" is verbal form??? I'm asking that...

[Casiopea]

First, "my" is a pronoun in form and an adjective in function. Pronouns modify nouns. That's why they're called pronouns; pro (before) a noun

EX: My having to keep low <nominal: adjective "my" + gerund "having to keep low>

Second, gerunds can take objects, just like verbs can take objects.

EX: having to keep low <object>
EX: I have to keep low <object>

EX: Walking the dog is fun. <object>
EX: I walk the dog every day. <object>

EX: Washing the dishes isn't fun. <object>
EX: He washed the dishes last night. <object>

If "having", "Walking", and "Washing" were verbs, we'd expect to see a form of the verb BE (e.g., is, am, was, were etc.), right?

Verbs
EX: is having
EX: is walking
EX: is washing

[Kerim]

I didn't ask that. While I say "my", I implied the question(Having to keep low, eh?) in the first page. But I guess, that question must be a nominal phrase, mustn't it?

[Casiopea]

Now you've me confused. <smile> At any rate, I see you've got the answer you were looking for.

All the best.