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Inchoateknowledge Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
adverbial or prepositional phrase or both?
The driver was found to have above the permitted level of alcohol in his blood.
Is "found" a catenative here?
Is the underlined part of the sentence the object? No.
Strange.
"above the permitted level of alcohol in his blood" is an adverbial I think.
"above" I have a nagging doubt that it should be a preposition. But then the underlined is a prepositional phrase and a noun phrase and a adverbial phrase.
Am I right?
Is "found" a catenative here?
Is the underlined part of the sentence the object? No.
Strange.
"above the permitted level of alcohol in his blood" is an adverbial I think.
"above" I have a nagging doubt that it should be a preposition. But then the underlined is a prepositional phrase and a noun phrase and a adverbial phrase.
Am I right?
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Hi Incho, I've certainly found I'm not at ALL a grammar geek since I've come here, because I don't do well with the types of questions you asked here, but use this as a model: The student was found to have a mouse in his pocket . Same structure, but "above the permitted level of alcohol" is replaced with the simple word mouse . That seems like an object to me.
- Hi Incho, I've certainly found I'm not at ALL a grammar geek since I've come here, because I don't do well with the types of questions you asked here, but use this as a model: The student was found to have a mouse in his pocket .
- Same structure, but "above the permitted level of alcohol" is replaced with the simple word mouse .
- That seems like an object to me.
- or if it were some candy - how much candy?
- some.
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Hi Incho,
I've certainly found I'm not at ALL a grammar geek since I've come here, because I don't do well with the types of questions you asked here, but use this as a model:
The student was found to have a mouse in his pocket. Same structure, but "above the permitted level of alcohol" is replaced with the simple word mouse. That seems like an object to me.
I've certainly found I'm not at ALL a grammar geek since I've come here, because I don't do well with the types of questions you asked here, but use this as a model:
The student was found to have a mouse in his pocket. Same structure, but "above the permitted level of alcohol" is replaced with the simple word mouse. That seems like an object to me.
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I think It is the object omitted
(things) above the permitted level of alcohol
I know (things) about him.
thus,above the permitted level of alcohol is a preposition phrase.
The driver was found to have (things) above the permitted level of alcohol in his b
(things) above the permitted level of alcohol
I know (things) about him.
thus,above the permitted level of alcohol is a preposition phrase.
The driver was found to have (things) above the permitted level of alcohol in his b
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The driver was found to have above the permitted level of alcohol in his blood.Sorry for my butting in. I'm not a specialist, Inchoateknowledge, but I'd have thought that the part in pink is a noun phrase (the head of which is alcohol), which functions as an object of the verb
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The passive of find, know, say, report, see, hear, discover and similar verbs can be thought of a catenatives, yes. They are followed by the infinitive.
The driver was [found / known / said / reported / seen / heard / discovered] to [be / have / ...]
The driver [had / was found to have] more than the permitted level ...
would be better.
The driver was [found / known / said / reported / seen / heard / discovered] to [be / have / ...]
The driver [had / was found to have] more than the permitted level ...
would be better.
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