Basic English Grammar ..Kindly help

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new2grammar

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I just want to make my basics correct so just trying with all the following

1)

a.
He has a chain of gold.
He - Subject
has a chain of gold - predicate

b.
He has a chain which is made of gold.
which - Subject
is made of gold - predicate
hence, which is made of gold - Clause
Kindly tell what is 'he has a chain' ..phrase?

2)
a.
He still lives in that house
still is adverb as it adds to the meaning of verb 'lives

b.
The after effects of the drug are bad
what part of speech is 'after' Kindly explain.

3)

It weighs about a pound
Isn't weighs is verb?
Explanation : it is adverb as it add meaning to the verb weigh..Kindly explain.

4) He kept the fast for a week
He - pronoun
kept - adjective
the - article
fast - Noun?
for - preposition
a - article
week- ?
Kindly tell if I am right?


5) He is on the committee
He- Pronoun
is- adjective?
on - preposition
the - article
committee - noun

6)
Let us move on
Let - adjective?
us - Pronoun?
move - verb
on - adverb
 

Kondorosi

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I just want to make my basics correct so just trying with all the following

1)

a.
He has a chain of gold.
He - Subject
has a chain of gold - predicate

b.
He has a chain which is made of gold.
which - Subject
is made of gold - predicate
hence, which is made of gold - Clause
Kindly tell what is 'he has a chain' ..phrase? It is the matrix clause. (google matrix clause)

2)
a.
He still lives in that house
still is adverb as it adds to the meaning of verb 'lives

b.
The after effects of the drug are bad
what part of speech is 'after' Kindly explain. Which effects? Adjective.

3)

It weighs about a pound
Isn't weighs is verb?
Explanation : it is adverb as it add meaning to the verb weigh..Kindly explain.
weighs is an ergative verb (google ergatives)

4) He kept the fast for a week
He - pronoun
kept - adjective
the - article
fast - Noun? Yes.
for - preposition
a - article
week- ? head of the prepositional complement
Kindly tell if I am right?


5) He is on the committee
He- Pronoun
is- adjective?
on - preposition
the - article
committee - noun

on the committee = predication; obligatory adverbial (predicate adjunct)

6)
Let us move on
Let - adjective? catenative verb (google catenative)
us - Pronoun?
move - verb
on - adverb

Otherwise fine.
 
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