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| Would you please correct my sentence analysis? (Sorry to bother you again with that but I’m rather tenacious: I’m willing to understand this rather difficult point of grammar!) 1) The meeting is at 2:30. a) The meeting = subject b) is = copular verb c) at 2.30 = adverbial of time ? (form = prepositional phrase) 2) She is ahead of her fellow students. a) She = subject b) is = copular verb c) ahead of her fellow students = complement or adverbial ? (form = adjectival or adverbial phrase ?) 3) We should look ahead. a) We = subject b) should look = copular verb c) ahead = adverbial of place (form = adverbial (or adverb?) phrase) 4) We parted good friends. a) We = subject b) parted = copular verb ? c) good friends = subject complement (form = adjectival phrase?) 5) Norma is in good health = Norma seems to be in good health? a) Norma = subject b) is / seems to be = copular verb ? c) in good health = subject complement (prepositional phrase that acts as an adjective ?) 6) Pat is in a bad mood = Pat seems to be in a bad mood ? a) Pat = subject b) is / seems to be = copular verb ? c) in a bad mood = subject complement (prepositional phrase that acts as an adjective ?) 7) The dog smelled hungrily at the package. a) the dog = subject b) smelled at = transitive verb c) the package = direct object d) hungrily = adverbial of manner She managed to keep her children off cigarettes. a) she = subject b) managed to keep = transitive verb (correct?) or should I separate “managed” from “to keep”? c) her children = direct object d) off cigarette = complement related to the object 9) The animals were feasting on lots of good food. a) The animals = subject b) were feasting on = transitive verb c) lots of good food = direct object (form = noun phrase ?) 10) I ordered myself something to eat. a) I = subject b) ordered = transitive verb c) myself = indirect object ? d) something to eat = direct object? (or is it more complicated than that because of “myself” ?) (is “to order oneself” a pronominal verb ?) I'll send you more sentences later if you don't mind. VERY gratefully yours, Hela |
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| This is a double-posting. I have already responded to the other thread with the same title. |
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