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Adonica86 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Clause Elements
Can someone explain what the clause elements(subject, verb ect) are in these sentences:
Jack had run down the whole business
and
Jack had been running down the whole corridor
Jack had run down the whole business
and
Jack had been running down the whole corridor
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Jack (S) had run (V) down (ADV) the whole busines s (O) Jack (S) had been running (V) down the whole corrido r (PREP PHRASE - ADV)
- Jack (S) had run (V) down (ADV) the whole busines s (O) Jack (S) had been running (V) down the whole corrido r (PREP PHRASE - ADV)
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Jack (S) had run (V) down (ADV) the whole business (O)
Jack (S) had been running (V) down the whole corridor (PREP PHRASE - ADV)
Jack (S) had been running (V) down the whole corridor (PREP PHRASE - ADV)
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wow thanx! answer already. Maybe you could help me with some other sentences later..!
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hi,
well... 'jack' is the subject-S, 'had run down the whole business' is predicate.
subject is a noun proper.
as every predicate consist of predicator, object, adverbs and more elements, this one consists of:
'had run down' is predicator.*i.e. a verb
'the whole business' - object-O (what did he run down?)
in the sentence :
Jack had
well... 'jack' is the subject-S, 'had run down the whole business' is predicate.
subject is a noun proper.
as every predicate consist of predicator, object, adverbs and more elements, this one consists of:
'had run down' is predicator.*i.e. a verb
'the whole business' - object-O (what did he run down?)
in the sentence :
Jack had
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