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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Appeal for
Hi.
"Having said that, I don't think for a minute that Routledge handles the ball and as Michael Laudrup says, all the Stoke players are appealing for is a corner." [From the BBC.]
1) Is the "all the Stoke players are appealing for" a subject, "is" the verb, and "a corner" a complement in the clause "all the Stoke players are appealing for is a corner."?
2) Is the pronoun "all" the object of the verb "are appealing for" in the clause?
The questions I have results from the description (unclear to me) of the verb "appeal for" as a linking verb with a complement that refers to the subject and the complement is an adverbial. The definition of that I've found in the Longman Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
Thank you.
"Having said that, I don't think for a minute that Routledge handles the ball and as Michael Laudrup says, all the Stoke players are appealing for is a corner." [From the BBC.]
1) Is the "all the Stoke players are appealing for" a subject, "is" the verb, and "a corner" a complement in the clause "all the Stoke players are appealing for is a corner."?
2) Is the pronoun "all" the object of the verb "are appealing for" in the clause?
The questions I have results from the description (unclear to me) of the verb "appeal for" as a linking verb with a complement that refers to the subject and the complement is an adverbial. The definition of that I've found in the Longman Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
Thank you.
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1) Yes, I think it makes sense to interpret it that way. 2) Since it means "all that the Stoke players are appealing for", and this is analogous in form to, say, "the decision that I am appealing for", I think you could argue that technically it is (provided you consider "appeal for" a verb, otherwise it is the object of the preposition "for"). However, unlike the case with "appealing for the decision", it does not actually seem possible to express any similar meaning using the words "appealing for all".
- 1) Yes, I think it makes sense to interpret it that way.
- 2) Since it means "all that the Stoke players are appealing for", and this is analogous in form to, say, "the decision that I am appealing for", I think you could argue that technically it is (provided you consider "appeal for" a verb, otherwise it is the object of the preposition "for").
- However, unlike the case with "appealing for the decision", it does not actually seem possible to express any similar meaning using the words "appealing for all".
- To some extent I would say that this pattern with "all" is idiomatic.
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1) Yes, I think it makes sense to interpret it that way.
2) Since it means "all that the Stoke players are appealing for", and this is analogous in form to, say, "the decision that I am appealing for", I think you could argue that technically it is (provided you consider "appeal for" a verb, otherwise it is the object of the preposition "for"). However, unlike the case with "appeal
2) Since it means "all that the Stoke players are appealing for", and this is analogous in form to, say, "the decision that I am appealing for", I think you could argue that technically it is (provided you consider "appeal for" a verb, otherwise it is the object of the preposition "for"). However, unlike the case with "appeal
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