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Disabled_girl Posted 19 years ago
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left the book in the truck
Monique left her book in the trunk. If in the trunk is an adjectif, does it modify the meaning of the sentence?
How would we interpret that sentence?
That it was the book in trunk that have been left, or that only the book in the trunk have been left, or simply that where Monique left the book is in the trunk?
As is (in the trunk) is an adjectival, it modfy book. Someone got a clue???
How would we interpret that sentence?
That it was the book in trunk that have been left, or that only the book in the trunk have been left, or simply that where Monique left the book is in the trunk?
As is (in the trunk) is an adjectival, it modfy book. Someone got a clue???
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Disabled_girl Monique left her book in the trunk. If in the trunk is an adjectif, does it modify the meaning of the sentence? How would we interpret that sentence?
- Disabled_girl Monique left her book in the trunk.
- If in the trunk is an adjectif, does it modify the meaning of the sentence?
- How would we interpret that sentence?
- That it was the book in trunk that have been left, or that only the book in the trunk have been left, or simply that where Monique left the book is in the trunk?
- As is (in the trunk) is an adjectival, it modfy book.
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Disabled_girlMonique left her book in the trunk. If in the trunk is an adjectif, does it modify the meaning of the sentence?
How would we interpret that sentence?
That it was the book in trunk that have been left, or that only the book in the trunk have been left, or simply that where Monique left the book is in the trunk?
As is (in the trunk)
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Hi,
I'd say "book" is the direct object of the verb "left." "In the trunk" is a prepositional phrase. I believe it's also an adverbial phrase since it modifies the verb "left", telling where.
If you wanted it to modify "book" (and be an adjectival phrase) you'd probably be talking about more than one book, and answering the question, "which book?"
"Monique had two boo
I'd say "book" is the direct object of the verb "left." "In the trunk" is a prepositional phrase. I believe it's also an adverbial phrase since it modifies the verb "left", telling where.
If you wanted it to modify "book" (and be an adjectival phrase) you'd probably be talking about more than one book, and answering the question, "which book?"
"Monique had two boo
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Its a question of my take-home exam.
Here is the question :
Monique left the books in the trunk. If we understanf "in the trunk" to function as an adjectival in the sentence, then we would interpret this sentence to mean the following :
a) Where Monique left her books was in the trunk. (that is it was an adverbial)
b) What Monique left was the book in the trunk and not
Here is the question :
Monique left the books in the trunk. If we understanf "in the trunk" to function as an adjectival in the sentence, then we would interpret this sentence to mean the following :
a) Where Monique left her books was in the trunk. (that is it was an adverbial)
b) What Monique left was the book in the trunk and not
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oh, wow,
b) This is like my example where she remembered to take the ones on the front seat but forgot the one (or ones) in the trunk. It answers the question, "Which books?", and therefore modifies the noun "book", which makes it adjectival.
e) This seems to say she took everything else. I suppose that could be correct if more information were given before the test question.
b) This is like my example where she remembered to take the ones on the front seat but forgot the one (or ones) in the trunk. It answers the question, "Which books?", and therefore modifies the noun "book", which makes it adjectival.
e) This seems to say she took everything else. I suppose that could be correct if more information were given before the test question.
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thanks a lot. I think i will go with be.
But thats not an easy one!
But thats not an easy one!
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