object of preposition
Whether the words are capitalised has no bearing on the fact that Parents' Night is the object of the preposition.
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#1 17-Apr-2018, 14:23
object of preposition
Hi,
About this sentence "The science lab was displayed on Parents’ Night."
In the book "Parents' Night" is an object of preposition because “Parents'” is written with a capital P. If I changed P to a lowercase to form an adjective, would that violate any grammar rules?
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#2 17-Apr-2018, 15:01Re: object of preposition
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#3 17-Apr-2018, 15:43Re: object of preposition
I'm learning diagramming. What is it then?
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Attached imageLast edited by HeartShape; 17-Apr-2018 at 15:48.
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#4 17-Apr-2018, 15:49Re: object of preposition
Something is wrong with uploading images... hmm
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#5 17-Apr-2018, 16:12Re: object of preposition
It was vertically squished after one click. Clicking the squished image opened the full one in a new tab. Originally Posted by HeartShape
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#6 17-Apr-2018, 16:14Re: object of preposition
What is what? Originally Posted by HeartShape
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#7 17-Apr-2018, 16:19Re: object of preposition
Yes that was weird, but it's working now for some reason. hmm.... Originally Posted by GoesStation
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#8 17-Apr-2018, 16:24Re: object of preposition
I would assume "Parents" would modify night so it would class as an adjective. But then I looked at the diagram and it shows it as an object. According to the diagram it describes "Parents' Night" as an object. In the sentence given, "Parents' Night" is an object is that right? Originally Posted by jutfrank
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#9 17-Apr-2018, 16:30Re: object of preposition
It's been almost fifty years since the last time I diagrammed a sentence, but I think your diagram is incomplete. Parents' Night is, I think, a noun phrase which serves as the object of a preposition. In that noun phrase, Parents' is an adjective modifying Night.
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#10 17-Apr-2018, 16:34Re: object of preposition
"The science lab was displayed on Parents’ Night."
"The science lab was displayed on Friday night."
"The science lab was displayed on the last night."
"The science lab was displayed on Friday."
In each of those sentences, the underlined phrase/word is the object of the preposition. Only in the third is there an adjective, 'last'.
