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Persian Learner Posted 10 years ago
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Is this sentence correct?

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They want to get away from the crime done by the youth.

Is the above sentence correct grammatically?
  

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Persian Learner Is the above sentence correct grammatically? The grammar is OK, but the meaning is very unclear. After "They want to get away from" we expect something like "the burning building".

— CalifJim

  • Persian Learner Is the above sentence correct grammatically?
  • The grammar is OK, but the meaning is very unclear.
  • After "They want to get away from" we expect something like "the burning building".
  • "get away from" can suggest running, escaping from danger.
  • A crime is something like "theft" or "murder".
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Persian LearnerIs the above sentence correct grammatically?
The grammar is OK, but the meaning is very unclear. After "They want to get away from" we expect something like "the burning building". "get away from" can suggest running, escaping from danger. A crime is something like "theft" or "murder". You might want to run away from the scene of a murder, b
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This is the whole paragraph:

One goal of many north Americans is to move out of a busy urban area such as Toronto. They say that they want to escape form pollution (for example, smog and noise pollution). They want to get away from crime. They are tired of the crowds of people each day on the mass-transit systems- buses, commuter trains, and subways.

I want to add somethin
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Persian LearnerThey want to get away from crime.
Here 'crime' is the uncountable noun that indicates an atmosphere of pervasive crime where they live. This is criminal activity in general, not any specific crime.
Persian LearnerI want to add something to the underlined sentence as an object complement
That's not possible.
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Persian Learnerobject complement
See for more about object complements.

CJ
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What's the function of to get away from crime in the following sentence?

They want to get away from crime.

Does it not function as the object of the verb want?
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Persian LearnerWhat's the function of to get away from crime in the following sentence? They want to get away from crime. Does it not function as the object of the verb want?
They - a subject;
want to get away - a predicator, where "to get away" (a phrasal verb; an intransitive one) is a complement of "want";
from crime - an adverbial (adds extra circu
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What I don't understand is that why to get away from crime can't function as the object of the verb want.

They want something. In this example something is the object of the verb want. So, to get away from crime is something that they want.
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Persian LearnerWhat I don't understand is that why to get away from crime can't function as the object of the verb want.They want something. In this example something is the object of the verb want. So, to get away from crime is something that they want.
"something" is a pronoun which functions as a direct object of "want"; "to get away from crime" is part of
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This link says: A verb complement is the arrangement of one verb as the object of another verb. This happens three ways in English:

1. With infinitives

I asked her to leave.

I wanted to leave.

I helped him to leave.

I stopped
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Persian LearnerA verb complement is the arrangement of one verb as the object of another verb.
In my opinion, the noun "object" used in the above has nothing to do with functions of the direct or indirect object. Again, in my opinion, the author used, unfortunately, the word "object" as an alternative word thus avoiding repetition of the word "complement" in o
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