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- 18-Sep-2006, 01:55 #1
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parts of speech I am trying to figure out the parts of speech in the followoing sentence:
I like to watch TV.
I is a pronoun
like is the verb
to is a preposition
What is watch --is it a verb? and what is TV? the object of the preposition?
Please help
- 18-Sep-2006, 03:26 #2
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Re: parts of speech To Watch is your prepositional phrase, and TV is your noun
- 18-Sep-2006, 04:02 #3
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Re: parts of speech How would you diagram that sentence?
- 18-Sep-2006, 04:28 #4
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Re: parts of speech 'I' = subject
Originally Posted by mme 
'watch' = verb
'TV' = object of the verb
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