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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Will someone be kind enough to help me analyse the following, please?

She might sing in the park. (SVO?)
We sing songs on the bus. (SVOA?)
That story was written by Dickens. (SVOA?)
That TV program was watched by many children.
Most children are fascinating nowadays
  

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To have an object (O) you have to have a noun right after the verb without an intervening preposition . Consider the label "PREP" for prepositional phrases. You are seeing a lot more Os than you should be.

— CalifJim

  • To have an object (O) you have to have a noun right after the verb without an intervening preposition .
  • Consider the label "PREP" for prepositional phrases.
  • You are seeing a lot more Os than you should be.
  • Would you like to try again?
  • CJ
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To have an object (O) you have to have a noun right after the verb without an intervening preposition. Consider the label "PREP" for prepositional phrases.

You are seeing a lot more Os than you should be. Would you like to try again?

CJ
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