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Kprichards Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Need help to understand parts of sentences
Hi,
I saw the following sentences in my grammar text book:
1. In law, the term bond refers to an agreement that guarantees payment if a specified action or event fails to take place.
2 Alan Shepard Jr., born in New Hampshire and educated in Naval Academy, became the first American to enter the space when he travelled to an altitude of 180 kilometers in a sub-orbital flight.
My book says that the word place in the first sentence is a common noun. Is that correct?
How about the word flight in second sentence? Is it a common noun?
Thanks,
Richards Peter.
I saw the following sentences in my grammar text book:
1. In law, the term bond refers to an agreement that guarantees payment if a specified action or event fails to take place.
2 Alan Shepard Jr., born in New Hampshire and educated in Naval Academy, became the first American to enter the space when he travelled to an altitude of 180 kilometers in a sub-orbital flight.
My book says that the word place in the first sentence is a common noun. Is that correct?
How about the word flight in second sentence? Is it a common noun?
Thanks,
Richards Peter.
Top answer
kprichards My book says that the word place in the first sentence is a common noun. Is that correct? Yes, but the phrase is usually not analyzed but recognized simply as a verbal idiom.
- kprichards My book says that the word place in the first sentence is a common noun.
- Is that correct?
- Yes, but the phrase is usually not analyzed but recognized simply as a verbal idiom.
- kprichards How about the word flight in second sentence?
- Is it a common noun?
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kprichardsMy book says that the word place in the first sentence is a common noun. Is that correct?Yes, but the phrase is usually not analyzed but recognized simply as a verbal idiom.
kprichardsHow about the word flight in second sentence? Is it a common noun?Yes, clearly: it is preceded by the indefinite article 'a'.
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