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Adonica86 Posted 15 years ago
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When she was feeling unusually suspectible (Adverbial), she (S) would tick (V) the things (d.O) off the list with a pencil as an additional counter-charm (A)
When she was feeling unusually suspectible (Adverbial), she (S) would tick (V) the things (d.O) off the list with a pencil as an additional counter-charm (A)
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Adonica86 Is this correct ? O) off the list with a pencil as an additional counter-charm (A) Agreed. If you take away the parts in bold , you get the core of the sentence.
- Adonica86 Is this correct ?
- O) off the list with a pencil as an additional counter-charm (A) Agreed.
- If you take away the parts in bold , you get the core of the sentence.
- Core means only the verb and its arguments.
- To put it differently, your sentence is a SVOA, where A = off (and nothing more)
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Adonica86Is this correct ?Agreed. If you take away the parts in bold, you get the core of the sentence. Core means only the verb and its arguments.
When she was feeling unusually suspectible (Adverbial), she (S) would tick (V) the things (d.O) off the list with a pencil as an additional counter-charm (A)
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