|
#11
| |||
| |||
| I got used to your being here. 1. How would this sentence be parsed? A simple declarative statement (sentence) in which: I: the subject got: main verb used: adjective, characterizing the subject ‘I’ to: preposition, joining the noun phrase ‘your being here’ to the adjective ‘used’ your being here: noun phrase, object of the sentence your: pronoun being: gerund here: as an adjective (not adverb), modifying the gerund ‘being’. It’sused here for emphasis; as an adverb, modifying the verbal aspect of the gerund. 2. Is 'used to' a prepositional verb? See 1. above. 3. How does 'here', which is an adverb, modify 'being', which is a gerund (noun)? See 1. above. 4. What if 'your' was replaced with 'you', would the object of 'to' be a fused participle of you and being? You can’t. It would become ungrammatical as ‘being’ is a gerund (verbal noun), it must be preceded by the possessive form of the pronoun ‘your’ and not ‘you’. |
|
#12
| |||
| |||
| (I) subject (got used to) idiomatic verbial phrase (your being there) what? direct object (getting used to) = process of becoming acquainted with or accepting I am getting used to this weather. I got used to having chicken every night. I'll never get used to this humidity. I got used to the new teacher within a week |
![]() |
| Bookmarks |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
| |
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| sentence structure question | Unregistered | Ask a Teacher | 6 | 17-Jan-2008 09:53 |
| How to catch the main point of a complicated sentence? | sky753 | Ask a Teacher | 1 | 13-Sep-2006 14:07 |
| Attributive Clause - China Needs Your Help | ChinaDavid | Ask a Teacher | 5 | 09-Jan-2005 15:56 |
| Are there softwares to speak English sentence by sentence | Anonymous | Ask a Teacher | 2 | 18-Feb-2004 17:25 |
| grammar | jiang | Ask a Teacher | 8 | 17-Dec-2003 19:02 |