Grammar check please
- Sally read a book.,
Both Sally and 'a book' are arguments of read. The verb requires that someone do the reading, and that something be read. A book is the complement of read. Together they form a verb phrase.
http://www.sfu.ca/~dearmond/222/222.complements.htm
Please check my understanding of the following:
that: relative pronoun
Something: indefinite pronoun
Be read: passive
I was just tempted to think "be read" as subjunctive!
Do we need second that for parallel structure or because of the main verb "require"?
Thanks
Top answer
Jigneshbharati that: relative pronoun Something: indefinite pronoun Be read: passive 'that' is not a relative pronoun in your sentence. In traditional grammar it is called a conjunction. In more recent approaches to grammar it's a complementizer, and it introduces a content clause.
- Jigneshbharati that: relative pronoun Something: indefinite pronoun Be read: passive 'that' is not a relative pronoun in your sentence.
- In traditional grammar it is called a conjunction.
- In more recent approaches to grammar it's a complementizer, and it introduces a content clause.
- 'something' is an indefinite pronoun.
- Correct.
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Jigneshbharatithat: relative pronoun
Something: indefinite pronoun
Be read: passive
'that' is not a relative pronoun in your sentence. In traditional grammar it is called a conjunction. In more recent approaches to grammar it's a complementizer, and it introduces a content clause.
'something' is an indefinite pronoun. Correct.
'be read
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