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Fol Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

How to understand "emerge victorious from" Grammatically?

It is like " American should have emerged victorious from the Vietnam War". I mean I can understand "emerge from", but why is "vi +prep"grammatically correct? how to understand?

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Intransitive verbs by nature do not have objects, but they can of course be followed by other functions of speech that complete the sentence. Here, the verb is followed by a predicate adjective ('victorious') and an adverbial phrase ('from the Vietnam War').

— Mister Micawber

  • Intransitive verbs by nature do not have objects, but they can of course be followed by other functions of speech that complete the sentence.
  • Here, the verb is followed by a predicate adjective ('victorious') and an adverbial phrase ('from the Vietnam War').
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Intransitive verbs by nature do not have objects, but they can of course be followed by other functions of speech that complete the sentence. Here, the verb is followed by a predicate adjective ('victorious') and an adverbial phrase ('from the Vietnam War').
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I mean what is the adjective word "victorious" used for? To modify the subject "America"? or just to modify the verb "emerge"?
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FolI mean what is the adjective word "victorious" used for?
Then why didn't you say so? It modifies 'America'.
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I am sorry, I am not really good at expression in English.

Thanks, anyway.
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