[General] My parents

[suniljain]

My parents arrived at the airport yesterday.

Is there any object in this sentence?

I understand answer is NO. Object is acted by a subject.
Why we can't say that "arrived" is object here?

 

[Matthew Wai]

http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/object_of_a_preposition.htm
Having read the above, I think 'airport' is the object of the preposition 'at'.

 

[tzfujimino]

"arrived" is a verb. "the airport" is the object of the preposition "at".

 

[Matthew Wai]

I think 'to arrive', a non-finite verb, functions as an object in 'My parents intended to arrive at the airport yesterday'.

 

[suniljain]

My parents arrived at the airport yesterday.

Can we construct passive of this sentence?

 

[Tarheel]

"The airport was arrived at by my parents."

No.

 

[Tdol]

Can we construct passive of this sentence?

No, we can't because at the airport is not the object of the verb arrive, which is intransitive here. At the airport is functioning as an adverbial telling is where they arrived.

 

[Tarheel]

No, we can't because at the airport is not the object of the verb arrive, which is intransitive here. At the airport is functioning as an adverbial telling is where they arrived.

When I grow up I want to be just as smart as you.
;-)

 

[Tdol]

When I grow up I want to be just as smart as you.
;-)

Put that into the passive. ;-)