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Ric_Zero Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Grammar of "I am a fish in the ocean"

In the metaphor I am a fish in the ocean, which word is the object, fish or ocean? And if I reworded the sentence, what would be more equivalent: I am a fish and I am also in the ocean, or I am a "fish in the ocean" ?

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Hello, Ric-- and welcome to English Forums. In your sentence, 'fish' is the noun complement of 'am', and 'ocean' is the object of the preposition 'in'. Neither of your rewordings is worth much.

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  • Hello, Ric-- and welcome to English Forums.
  • In your sentence, 'fish' is the noun complement of 'am', and 'ocean' is the object of the preposition 'in'.
  • Neither of your rewordings is worth much.
  • An equivalent is: I am a fish that is in the ocean.
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Hello, Ric-- and welcome to English Forums.

In your sentence, 'fish' is the noun complement of 'am', and 'ocean' is the object of the preposition 'in'. Neither of your rewordings is worth much. An equivalent is: I am a fish that is in the ocean.
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Thank you for the welcome and for the tip about the noun complement. Now I understand what that is and I now have some things to think about.
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Thank you for your welcome and the tip about the noun complement. Now I understand what that is and I have some things to think about.
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