gyvermac
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- Aug 18, 2014
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- English Teacher
- Native Language
- English
- Home Country
- UK
- Current Location
- South Korea
1. They reported that some schools were denying their brightest students an equal opportunity to choose a vocational pathway.
- This that-clause is acting here as the Object of report. Do we have an Indirect Object with 'their brightest students' and a Direct Object with 'an equal opportunity'? Or should we combine both? Am I right in thinking that the infinitive-clause 'to choose a vocational pathway' fills a Complement slot?
2. They are keen to encourage more youngsters to stay in education.
- Here we've got the subordinate clause filling the Object slot of the matrix. Can we analyze this clause thus:
Many thanks in advance for any assistance.
- This that-clause is acting here as the Object of report. Do we have an Indirect Object with 'their brightest students' and a Direct Object with 'an equal opportunity'? Or should we combine both? Am I right in thinking that the infinitive-clause 'to choose a vocational pathway' fills a Complement slot?
- Some schools (Subject: noun phrase), were denying (verb: verb phrase), their brightest students (?????), an equal opportunity(?????), to choose a vocational pathway (object complement: infinitive-clause)
2. They are keen to encourage more youngsters to stay in education.
- Here we've got the subordinate clause filling the Object slot of the matrix. Can we analyze this clause thus:
- to encourage more youngsters (subject: infinitive clause), to stay in education (Object: infinitive-clause)
Many thanks in advance for any assistance.
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