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Fire1 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

How to analyze this prepositional phrase?

- I feel way in over my head in mathematics.

Q1) Is the sentence above correct and natural English?

Q2) If Q1 is right, what does "in mathematics" grammatically modify?

Does it modify "I feel way in over my head"?

  

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fire1 - I feel way in over my head in mathematics. Q1) Is the sentence above correct and natural English? No.

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  • fire1 - I feel way in over my head in mathematics.
  • Q1) Is the sentence above correct and natural English?
  • No.
  • Q2) If Q1 is right, what does "in mathematics" grammatically modify?
  • Does it modify "I feel way in over my head"?
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fire1

- I feel way in over my head in mathematics.

Q1) Is the sentence above correct and natural English? No.

Q2) If Q1 is right, what does "in mathematics" grammatically modify?

Does it modify "I feel way in over my head"?

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You can say this: 

In that last math class, I felt as if I was way in over my head.
I will let you work on this math problem because I am way in over my head here.

"in over my head" is an idiom. It means that it is too difficult for you because you don't understand it or are not trained enough.


"way" adds the idea of being completely incomprehensible.

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I [feel way in over my head in mathematics].


Yes, it's an acceptable sentence.

I'm inclined to say that "in mathematics" is an adjunct (modifier) in the bracketed verb phrase.





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