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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Grammar

we should thank him for the gift? i requested him for the book?

To which grammar category the parts 'for the gift' and 'for the book' belong?Can they be prepositional adverbial phrases or object complements?If not,why?Emotion: thinking
  

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Your second sentence is wrongly structured: We should thank him for the gift. I requested the book from him . To which grammar category the parts 'for the gift' belong?

  • Your second sentence is wrongly structured: We should thank him for the gift.
  • I requested the book from him .
  • To which grammar category the parts 'for the gift' belong?
  • Can it be a prepositional adverbial phrase or object complement?
  • -- 'For the gift' is adverbial.
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Your second sentence is wrongly structured:

We should thank him for the gift.

I requested the book from him.

To which grammar category the parts 'for the gift' belong? Can it be a prepositional adverbial phrase or object complement? If not,why?-- 'For the gift' is adverbial. Do you still have a question about the 2nd sentence?

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