2 gremmer questions

[MusSta]

These days I,m studying English, and I am very glad using this web site.

I have two questions:
1- what's the rule when I'm using WH questions (What,Who,Why,...) for asking about a charcter or attribute about somthing.

eg: How much is this car cost?
What colour is your pen? ...
and can I say: What a nice car is this! and what's it mean

2- Also I want to ask about the order of somtimes in sentence, what sholud i say :

• I somtimes go to visit ali.
• Somtimes I go to visit ali.
• I go to visit ali somtimes.

Please, help me .. thankx

[Casiopea]

Welcome, MusSta.

[1a] How much is this car cost?
[1b] How much does this car cost?

[2a] What colour is your pen?
[2b] What color is your pen?

[3a] What a nice car is this!
[3b] What a nice car this is!

[4a] Sometimes I visit Ali.
[4b] I visit Ali sometimes.

[learner2007]

[4a] Sometimes I visit Ali.
[4b] I visit Ali sometimes. [/quote]

I read in a grammar site recently that sometimes shows how often, and, therefore should be put between the subject and the verb: I sometimes visit ali. There was also written that the word sometime (not sometimes) shows when (time). What do you think about this?PS. Should I put two commas around and in the above sentence?

[Casiopea]

Hello, learner2007.

Could you give us the link/address to the site you mentioned?

[learner2007]

Hello, learner2007.

Could you give us the link/address to the site you mentioned?

English Grammar It should be noted that sometimes is an adverb of frequency, whereas sometime is an adverb of time.e.g. I sometimes see him in the park. I would like to read that book sometime.In the first example, the adverb of frequency sometimes occupies the middle position of a clause. In the second example, the adverb of time sometime occupies the end position of a clause

[Casiopea]

Thank you for the link. (Here's a better one, same page, but this one opens: Fortune City). The page reads:

It should be noted that sometimes is an adverb of frequency, whereas sometime is an adverb of time.

Ex: I sometimes see him in the park.
Ex: I would like to read that book sometime.

In the first example, the adverb of frequency sometimes occupies the middle position of a clause.

In the second example, the adverb of time sometime occupies the end position of a clause.

The adverb sometimes (note the -s) can occur in three positions: at the beginning of the sentence, at the end of the sentence, and between the subject and the verb.

Does that help?

[learner2007]

Thank you for the link. (Here's a better one, same page, but this one opens: Fortune City). The page reads:

It should be noted that sometimes is an adverb of frequency, whereas sometime is an adverb of time.

Ex: I sometimes see him in the park.

Ex: I would like to read that book sometime.

In the first example, the adverb of frequency sometimes occupies the middle position of a clause.

In the second example, the adverb of time sometime occupies the end position of a clause.

The adverb sometimes (note the -s) can occur in three positions: at the beginning of the sentence, at the end of the sentence, and between the subject and the verb.

Does that help?

Yes, I agree that "sometimes" may occupy any of the three positions.

[Casiopea]

Great. Does that answer your question or should we continue on?

[learner2007]

Great. Does that answer your question or should we continue on?

As for me, I'm satisfied.:)

[Casiopea]

Great.