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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Noun Phrases
In the sentence, "In the old days the theme was often man against beast." I am in need of pulling out each noun phrase and giving the form and function for each. So far this is was I have, as noun phrases, "the old days," "the theme," "man," and "beast." Would you be able to help with the form and function of each noun phrase. Thanks
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Functions: 1-- the old days = object of preposition 2-- the theme = sentence subject 3-- man against beast = subject complement I don't know what you mean by 'form', but I admit that the 3rd noun phrase would be hard to classify, as it has a preposition in the middle.
- Functions: 1-- the old days = object of preposition 2-- the theme = sentence subject 3-- man against beast = subject complement I don't know what you mean by 'form', but I admit that the 3rd noun phrase would be hard to classify, as it has a preposition in the middle.
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Functions:
1-- the old days = object of preposition
2-- the theme = sentence subject
3-- man against beast = subject complement
I don't know what you mean by 'form', but I admit that the 3rd noun phrase would be hard to classify, as it has a preposition in the middle.
1-- the old days = object of preposition
2-- the theme = sentence subject
3-- man against beast = subject complement
I don't know what you mean by 'form', but I admit that the 3rd noun phrase would be hard to classify, as it has a preposition in the middle.
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