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Barefootchuck Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
can you help correct my work, on identifying verb and subject
Hi, I'm doing some self-study here with the ever-so amazing Harbrace College Handbook. Could anyone help correct my answer please?
Exercise 6: verb is underscored, and subject is boldfaced.
1. Send your reply tomorrow. [the subject "you" is implied.]
2. There was no way to repair the motor.
3. Did you not recognize the signature?
4. Looking at old portraits brings back pleasant memories.
5. To learn is the proper business of youth.
6. Has cotton been grown very successfully in Egypt?
7. Fishing is good recreation.
8. The team, after having been outplayed for three quarters, won the game.
9. Speaking before a group is good practice.
10. To win is man's eternal aim.
Thanks,
Barefootchuck
Exercise 6: verb is underscored, and subject is boldfaced.
1. Send your reply tomorrow. [the subject "you" is implied.]
2. There was no way to repair the motor.
3. Did you not recognize the signature?
4. Looking at old portraits brings back pleasant memories.
5. To learn is the proper business of youth.
6. Has cotton been grown very successfully in Egypt?
7. Fishing is good recreation.
8. The team, after having been outplayed for three quarters, won the game.
9. Speaking before a group is good practice.
10. To win is man's eternal aim.
Thanks,
Barefootchuck
Top answer
Hi, Chuck, You were right about sentences 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10. Subjects are in boldface , predicate verbs are underlined , and auxiliaries are in blue . There was no way to repair the motor.
- Hi, Chuck, You were right about sentences 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10.
- Subjects are in boldface , predicate verbs are underlined , and auxiliaries are in blue .
- There was no way to repair the motor.
- In this sentence, there is what is called a dummy subject.
- Looking at old portraits brings back pleasant memories.
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Hi, Chuck,
You were right about sentences 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10.
Subjects are in boldface, predicate verbs are underlined, and auxiliaries are in blue.
There was no way to repair the motor.
You were right about sentences 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10.
Subjects are in boldface, predicate verbs are underlined, and auxiliaries are in blue.
There was no way to repair the motor.
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Thank you, I forgot considering clause and phrases. And with all due respect, do you mean participle phrase, not participle clause? I could be wrong.
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barefootchuckdo you mean participle phrase, not participle clause? I could be wrong.No, you're not wrong. I meant participle phrase. Sorry about that.
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