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Hello!
Here is the sentence:
Everything seemed to have changed since her swim in the pool.
Pls tell me the parts of speech in this sentence. I feel confused about the verbs. Also, the function of 'to' in this sentence. Thanks.
Mag
your sentence is the combination of two sentences
1-everything seemed to have changed
2- she swim in the pool.
so: (seemed) is the first verb.but the second part does not have verb according to the type of sentence.
did you mean this ? were i to the point?
. Everything -- pronoun as subject seemed -- main verb to have changed -- perfect infinitive as complement of seemed since her swim in the pool -- prepositional phrase (with swim as noun head) as a time adverbial modifying the rest of the sentence in the pool -- prepositional phrase (with pool as noun head) as an adjective postmodifying swim.
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your sentence is the combination of two sentences
1-everything seemed to have changed
2- she swim in the pool.
so: (seemed) is the first verb.but the second part does not have verb according to the type of sentence.
did you mean this ? were i to the point?
Parts of Speech -- verb in the sentence 
Re: Parts of Speech -- verb in the sentence 
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