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Specter Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

be going + infinitive

Hello,

My friends and I are confused of the pattern of this sentence:

I am going to do my homework.

According to one of my friends, to do my homework is the direct object which I totally disagreed because the verb go is intransitive and the infinitive phrase "to do my homework" functions as an adverb in the sentence. Therefore the pattern is S+V or is it an S+V+DO?

She said that "I will do my homework" and 'I'm going to do my homework' had the same pattern because both sentences mean future action--decision.

Thanks a lot,

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Hi, My friends and I are confused of the pattern of this sentence: I am going to do my homework. According to one of my friends, to do my homework is the direct object which I totally disagreed because the verb go is intransitive and the infinitive phrase "to do my homework" functions as an adverb in the sentence. Therefore the pattern is S+V or is it an S+V+DO?

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  • Hi, My friends and I are confused of the pattern of this sentence: I am going to do my homework.
  • According to one of my friends, to do my homework is the direct object which I totally disagreed because the verb go is intransitive and the infinitive phrase "to do my homework" functions as an adverb in the sentence.
  • Therefore the pattern is S+V or is it an S+V+DO?
  • She said that "I will do my homework" and 'I'm going to do my homework' had the same pattern because both sentences mean future action--decision.
  • The DO in both cases is homework .
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Hi,

My friends and I are confused of the pattern of this sentence:

I am going to do my homework.

According to one of my friends, to do my homework is the direct object which I totally disagreed because the verb go is intransitive and
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