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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Of royal blood
Hi,
There is a sentence: "The knight was of royal blood" where the prepositional phrase "of royal blood" is a complement.
My question: is the phrase "of royal blood" an adjectival or adverbial one in this sentence?
Thank you.
There is a sentence: "The knight was of royal blood" where the prepositional phrase "of royal blood" is a complement.
My question: is the phrase "of royal blood" an adjectival or adverbial one in this sentence?
Thank you.
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Anonymous The knight was of royal blood. I think we usually avoid that issue by calling it a subject complement . I may be wrong.
- Anonymous The knight was of royal blood.
- I think we usually avoid that issue by calling it a subject complement .
- I may be wrong.
- The phrase modifies "the knight," so I suppose that makes it adjectival.
- I'm not sure how you would modify a copular verb.
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AnonymousThe knight was of royal blood.I think we usually avoid that issue by calling it a subject complement. I may be wrong.
The phrase modifies "the knight," so I suppose that makes it adjectival.
I'm not sure how you would modify a copular verb. Perhaps, She is often busy.
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Hi,
Thank you, Avangi, for your useful reply. I think that the under the car phrase has an adverbial feature. Where was the man? is an adverbial question about a place in which the man had been.
Thank you, Avangi, for your useful reply. I think that the under the car phrase has an adverbial feature. Where was the man? is an adverbial question about a place in which the man had been.
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