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Kmlkz Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Is the labeling correct?



if it is or is not, please tell me why.. i find it hard to label part of speech letalone phrases. And how do i know if 'eating' is not a gerund? Emotion: headbang
  

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That is not easy. 'A lot' could be pronomial (='much food') or it could be adverbial (='often'). 'Eating' cannot be a gerund, since it is a necessary part of the present perfect progressive verb phrase.

— Mister Micawber

  • That is not easy.
  • 'A lot' could be pronomial (='much food') or it could be adverbial (='often').
  • 'Eating' cannot be a gerund, since it is a necessary part of the present perfect progressive verb phrase.
  • And I would like to know how you created that.
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That is not easy. 'A lot' could be pronomial (='much food') or it could be adverbial (='often'). 'Eating' cannot be a gerund, since it is a necessary part of the present perfect progressive verb phrase.

And I would like to know how you created that.
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Hi , i randomly created it while trying to test my understanding of grammar. If i wanted to create the sentence based on, 'pronoun', it should be correct? And does this means that a phrase could sometimes be either functions ( a pronoun or an adverbial )?

p.s : good to know it's not easy to label it.. i tried for half an hour figuring it out and applying tests from various grammar books,
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I mean how did you create the tree that you pasted into your post?
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woops xD i used Adobe illustrator
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Thanks, I'll have to try that.

If i wanted to create the sentence based on, 'pronoun', it should be correct?-- Yes.
]And does this means that a phrase could sometimes be either functions ( a pronoun or an adverbial )?-- Yes, anomalies do occur.
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