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Kprichards Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Clarification needed for the predicate used in this sentence

Hi,

I found the following sentence in my grammar text book:

In him India lost a true patriot.

I tried to identify the subject and the parts of predicate in the sentence. To me it looks like this:
Subject: India
Predicate: verb -> lost ; object -> a true patriot in him.

My text book tells that:
Predicate: verb -> lost ; object -> a true patriot ; adverbial qualification -> in him

Is 'in him' indicating adverb of place?

Thanks,
Richards.
  

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kprichards Is 'in him' indicating adverb of place? No. Not unless you are very generous in taking it metaphorically.

— CalifJim

  • kprichards Is 'in him' indicating adverb of place?
  • No.
  • Not unless you are very generous in taking it metaphorically.
  • "in him" does not indicate a place.
  • It indicates an example.
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kprichardsIs 'in him' indicating adverb of place?
No. Not unless you are very generous in taking it metaphorically.
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