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Can't figure out part of speech
Here are two examples where I can't figure out the part of speech.
The man sucked the lemon dry.
I filled the target full of holes.
What part of speech are the words 'dry' and 'full'? My first instinct is to call them adverbs but 'dryly' and 'fully' sound wrong in their places. I can't say they are adjectives because the above sentences don't have the same meaning as 'The man sucked the lemon that was dry' and 'I filled the target that was full of holes.'
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The man sucked the lemon dry.
I filled the target full of holes.
What part of speech are the words 'dry' and 'full'? My first instinct is to call them adverbs but 'dryly' and 'fully' sound wrong in their places. I can't say they are adjectives because the above sentences don't have the same meaning as 'The man sucked the lemon that was dry' and 'I filled the target that was full of holes.'
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Thus spake Matthias: [nq:1]Here are two examples where I can't figure out the part of speech. The man sucked the lemon dry. I ...
- Thus spake Matthias: [nq:1]Here are two examples where I can't figure out the part of speech.
- The man sucked the lemon dry.
- I ...
- '[/nq] They are adverbs functioning in the sentences as object complements.
- Note that the complement in the last sentence is "full of holes".
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Thus spake Matthias:
[nq:1]Here are two examples where I can't figure out the part of speech. The man sucked the lemon dry. I ... meaning as 'The man sucked the lemon that was dry' and 'I filled the target that was full of holes.'[/nq]
They are adverbs functioning in the sentences as object complements. Note that the complement in the last sentence is "full of holes".
Simon R. Hug
[nq:1]Here are two examples where I can't figure out the part of speech. The man sucked the lemon dry. I ... meaning as 'The man sucked the lemon that was dry' and 'I filled the target that was full of holes.'[/nq]
They are adverbs functioning in the sentences as object complements. Note that the complement in the last sentence is "full of holes".
Simon R. Hug
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[nq:1]Thus spake Matthias:[/nq]
[nq:2]Here are two examples where I can't figure out the ... and 'I filled the target that was full of holes.'[/nq]
[nq:1]They are adverbs functioning in the sentences as object complements. Note that the complement in the last sentence is "full of holes".[/nq]
Could they or at least "dry" be considered part of the verbs themselves? I am thinking about t
[nq:2]Here are two examples where I can't figure out the ... and 'I filled the target that was full of holes.'[/nq]
[nq:1]They are adverbs functioning in the sentences as object complements. Note that the complement in the last sentence is "full of holes".[/nq]
Could they or at least "dry" be considered part of the verbs themselves? I am thinking about t
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[nq:1]Thus spake Matthias:[/nq]
[nq:2]Here are two examples where I can't figure out the ... and 'I filled the target that was full of holes.'[/nq]
[nq:1]They are adverbs functioning in the sentences as object complements. Note that the complement in the last sentence is "full of holes".[/nq]
I am not sure if you would call "dry" an adverb in this case. Could it be a predicative comple
[nq:2]Here are two examples where I can't figure out the ... and 'I filled the target that was full of holes.'[/nq]
[nq:1]They are adverbs functioning in the sentences as object complements. Note that the complement in the last sentence is "full of holes".[/nq]
I am not sure if you would call "dry" an adverb in this case. Could it be a predicative comple
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[nq:2]Thus spake Matthias: They are adverbs functioning in the sentences as object complements. Note that the complement in the last sentence is "full of holes".[/nq]
[nq:1]I am not sure if you would call "dry" an adverb in this case. Could it bea predicative complement of the object?[/nq]
Old-fashioned school grammar would say:
The part of speech is adjective, though "full" is itself
[nq:1]I am not sure if you would call "dry" an adverb in this case. Could it bea predicative complement of the object?[/nq]
Old-fashioned school grammar would say:
The part of speech is adjective, though "full" is itself
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[nq:2]Thus spake Matthias: They are adverbs functioning in the sentences as object complements. Note that the complement in the last sentence is "full of holes".[/nq]
[nq:1]Could they or at least "dry" be considered part of the verbs themselves? I am thinking about this by analogy to German, ... part goes to the end of the sentence. I apologize for my inability to express this using the correc
[nq:1]Could they or at least "dry" be considered part of the verbs themselves? I am thinking about this by analogy to German, ... part goes to the end of the sentence. I apologize for my inability to express this using the correc
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Thus spake Alan Jones:
[nq:1]is places. filled[/nq]
I just wanted to write "object complement". You're right, the complements are adjectives.
Simon R. Hughes
[nq:1]is places. filled[/nq]
I just wanted to write "object complement". You're right, the complements are adjectives.
Simon R. Hughes
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Thus spake Michael Nitabach:
[nq:2]Thus spake Matthias: They are adverbs functioning in the sentences as object complements. Note that the complement in the last sentence is "full of holes".[/nq]
[nq:1]Could they or at least "dry" be considered part of the verbs themselves? I am thinking about this by analogy to German, ... part goes to the end of the sentence. I apologize for my inability
[nq:2]Thus spake Matthias: They are adverbs functioning in the sentences as object complements. Note that the complement in the last sentence is "full of holes".[/nq]
[nq:1]Could they or at least "dry" be considered part of the verbs themselves? I am thinking about this by analogy to German, ... part goes to the end of the sentence. I apologize for my inability
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Thus spake Matthias:
[nq:2]Could they or at least "dry" be considered part of the verbs ... for my inability to express this using the correct terminology.[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm not sure, but the word 'adverbial' may be what you have in mind. A famous one in English is "to put up with."[/nq]
What he has in mind are phrasal verbs, which is what "put up with" is. The original poster's examples
[nq:2]Could they or at least "dry" be considered part of the verbs ... for my inability to express this using the correct terminology.[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm not sure, but the word 'adverbial' may be what you have in mind. A famous one in English is "to put up with."[/nq]
What he has in mind are phrasal verbs, which is what "put up with" is. The original poster's examples
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[nq:1]Here are two examples where I can't figure out the part of speech. The man sucked the lemon dry. I filled the target full of holes.[/nq]
Even if he sucked out all the juice, it still wouldn't be dry, unless the man was a suction pump.
If you filled a target full of holes, there wouldn't be a target any longer to be full. The holes could even disperse, and nobody would know.
Even if he sucked out all the juice, it still wouldn't be dry, unless the man was a suction pump.
If you filled a target full of holes, there wouldn't be a target any longer to be full. The holes could even disperse, and nobody would know.
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[nq:2]Here are two examples where I can't figure out the ... the lemon dry. I filled the target full of holes.[/nq]
[nq:1]Even if he sucked out all the juice, it still wouldn't be dry, unless the man was a suction pump. ... holes, there wouldn't be a target any longer to be full. The holes could even disperse, and nobody would know.[/nq]
Very interesting. Not many think of things that way.
[nq:1]Even if he sucked out all the juice, it still wouldn't be dry, unless the man was a suction pump. ... holes, there wouldn't be a target any longer to be full. The holes could even disperse, and nobody would know.[/nq]
Very interesting. Not many think of things that way.
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