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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Classifying sentences

In the sentence: Janet claimed the gray wool gloves as her own lost pair.

What would you label "as" and "pair" with???
  

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I think that 'as' is a preposition, with 'pair' the noun head of the prepositional phrase. The prepositional phrase, then, would be adverbial. No doubt there are other opinions.

— Mister Micawber

  • I think that 'as' is a preposition, with 'pair' the noun head of the prepositional phrase.
  • The prepositional phrase, then, would be adverbial.
  • No doubt there are other opinions.
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I think that 'as' is a preposition, with 'pair' the noun head of the prepositional phrase. The prepositional phrase, then, would be adverbial. No doubt there are other opinions.
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