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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
A verb + object + of + a noun
1. I thought him of help.
2. I considered it of difficulty.
3. I made the situation of complexity.
4. I deemed it of least concern.
I'd like to know if I can always use "of + a noun" as objective complement for the verbs taking adjectives as objective complement as in my example.
Thank you in advance for your help.
2. I considered it of difficulty.
3. I made the situation of complexity.
4. I deemed it of least concern.
I'd like to know if I can always use "of + a noun" as objective complement for the verbs taking adjectives as objective complement as in my example.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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park sang joon I'd like to know if I can always use "of + a noun" as objective complement for the verbs taking adjectives as objective complement as in my example. No. Not always.
- park sang joon I'd like to know if I can always use "of + a noun" as objective complement for the verbs taking adjectives as objective complement as in my example.
- No.
- Not always.
- In fact, almost never.
- While in some cases it may look grammatical, it's seldom idiomatic.
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park sang joonI'd like to know if I can always use "of + a noun" as objective complement for the verbs taking adjectives as objective complement as in my example.No. Not always. In fact, almost never. While in some cases it may look grammatical, it's seldom idiomatic. None of your four examples strike me as idiomatic, though the first two might be accepte
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Thank you, Mr.Jim, for your yet another kind answer.
I can replace "of help" with "helpful" in #1 and I can do that a thing with
I can replace "of help" with "helpful" in #1 and I can do that a thing with
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Thank you, deadrat, for your kind answer.
1. I deemed it of least concern.
2. I deemed it inconsequential.
#1 mea
1. I deemed it of least concern.
2. I deemed it inconsequential.
#1 mea
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park sang joon#1 means it doesn' not concern#1 means that of all the things you might be worried about, "it" is the last on the list.
"Of least concern" is a prepositional phrase. No verb, so there's no subject. Same with "inconsequential." It's an adjective, not even a phrase. Still no verb, so still no subject.
"It" is the direct objec
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Thank you, deadrat, for your continuing to answer.
#1 means it doesn' not concern? "it" is the subject of "of least
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