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Azargramma Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
How to differentiate Preposition Phrase and Object?
Hi, I have a little question.
In the sentence,
"Sara looked at the pictures.",
how do you differentiate that the word "pictures" is an Object of the verb (looked) or a part of the Preposition Phrase (at the pictures)?
Because just like in the sentence,
"Sara read a book.",
I will compare read->book as look->picture.
Is it definitely that any "noun" following the "preposition" is a part of whole "preposition phrase"?
In the sentence,
"Sara looked at the pictures.",
how do you differentiate that the word "pictures" is an Object of the verb (looked) or a part of the Preposition Phrase (at the pictures)?
Because just like in the sentence,
"Sara read a book.",
I will compare read->book as look->picture.
Is it definitely that any "noun" following the "preposition" is a part of whole "preposition phrase"?
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azargramma Is it definitely that any "noun" following the "preposition" is a part of whole "preposition phrase"? Yes. ) azargramma how do you differentiate that the word "pictures" is an Object of the verb (looked) or a part of the Preposition Phrase (at the pictures)?
- azargramma Is it definitely that any "noun" following the "preposition" is a part of whole "preposition phrase"?
- Yes.
- ) azargramma how do you differentiate that the word "pictures" is an Object of the verb (looked) or a part of the Preposition Phrase (at the pictures)?
- The verb "to look" is intransitive, so it doesn't take an object.
- The verb "to read" is transitive, so it does take an object.
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azargrammaIs it definitely that any "noun" following the "preposition" is a part of whole "preposition phrase"?Yes. (preposition, article, [modifier,] noun)
("Any noun following the preposition" is a little too broad.)
azargrammahow do you differentiate that the word "pictures" is an Object of the verb (looked) or a part of
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Thank you, Avangi.
But i got another question.
If the verb "to look" is intransitive and has no object,
why do we use "whom" in front of the sentence "whom are you looking at?" (according to my grammar book)
I thought that "whom" is an "object pronoun" and thus equals to the object of the verb "to look".
In my opinion, it is "Who are you looking at?" (althou
But i got another question.
If the verb "to look" is intransitive and has no object,
why do we use "whom" in front of the sentence "whom are you looking at?" (according to my grammar book)
I thought that "whom" is an "object pronoun" and thus equals to the object of the verb "to look".
In my opinion, it is "Who are you looking at?" (althou
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azargrammawhy do we use "whom" in front of the sentence "whom are you looking at?" (according to my grammar book)Granted, "whom" is in the objective case.
But if you invert the "question," you have "You are looking at whom?"
It should now be obvious that "whom" is the object of the preposition "at," not of the verb "are looking."
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