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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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"He was beaten with a stick"
Hi,
I have several questions about the sentence "He was beaten with a stick."
Is the prepositional phrase "with a stick" also an adverbial phrase?
Can something be a prepositional and an adverbial phrase at the same time?
Assuming I'm correct that "stick" is the object of the preposition 'with', is it also an indirect object?
Are there any good sources anyone can refer me to that deal with the syntactic foundations of English, such as the things I discussed above (including things like branching etc) ?
Thanks in advance!
I have several questions about the sentence "He was beaten with a stick."
Is the prepositional phrase "with a stick" also an adverbial phrase?
Can something be a prepositional and an adverbial phrase at the same time?
Assuming I'm correct that "stick" is the object of the preposition 'with', is it also an indirect object?
Are there any good sources anyone can refer me to that deal with the syntactic foundations of English, such as the things I discussed above (including things like branching etc) ?
Thanks in advance!
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Is the prepositional phrase "with a stick" also an adverbial phrase? -- Yes, it is a frequent occurrence. -- It is not an indirect object; it is merely an instrument.
- Is the prepositional phrase "with a stick" also an adverbial phrase?
- -- Yes, it is a frequent occurrence.
- -- It is not an indirect object; it is merely an instrument.
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Is the prepositional phrase "with a stick" also an adverbial phrase?-- Yes
Can something be a prepositional and an adverbial phrase at the same time?-- Yes, it is a frequent occurrence.
Assuming I'm correct that "stick" is the object of the preposition 'with', is it also an indirect object?-- It is not an indirect object; it is merely an instrument.
Can something be a prepositional and an adverbial phrase at the same time?-- Yes, it is a frequent occurrence.
Assuming I'm correct that "stick" is the object of the preposition 'with', is it also an indirect object?-- It is not an indirect object; it is merely an instrument.
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