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Allexkramer432 Posted 8 years ago
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Help labeling parts of sentence
“I will do whatever you want.”
am I right to say that “whatever” is a fused relative pronoun, “you” is a noun, and “want” is just a regular verb? Additionally, would it be more correct to label the direct object as “whatever you want” instead of just “whatever”?
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allexkramer432 A m I right to say that “whatever” is a fused relative pronoun You are. allexkramer432 “you” is a noun A pronoun, actually, but it can be treated as a noun for our purposes here. allexkramer432 “want” is just a regular verb Yes, but I don't know why you mentioned this.
- allexkramer432 A m I right to say that “whatever” is a fused relative pronoun You are.
- allexkramer432 “you” is a noun A pronoun, actually, but it can be treated as a noun for our purposes here.
- allexkramer432 “want” is just a regular verb Yes, but I don't know why you mentioned this.
- It doesn't seem relevant to the analysis.
- allexkramer432 correct to label the direct object as “whatever you want” instead of just “whatever”?
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allexkramer432Am I right to say that “whatever” is a fused relative pronoun
You are.
allexkramer432“you” is a noun
A pronoun, actually, but it can be treated as a noun for our purposes here.
allexkramer432“want” is just a regular verb
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