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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Parsing

The chief executive didn't tell the board about the working practices in the warehouses.

The chief executive - a subject;
didn't tell - a predicator;
the board - an indirect object;
about the working practices in the warehouses - a verb complement (didn't tell about...).

Is my parsing acceptable?
  

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Anonymous Is my parsing acceptable? Yes, I think so.

— Mister Micawber

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  • Yes, I think so.
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AnonymousIs my parsing acceptable?
Yes, I think so.
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Anonymousthe board - an indirect object;
This could be controversial as there are some methods of analysis which say you cannot have an indirect object if there is no direct object. They might say that "the board" is a direct object. Personally, I'm quite comfortable with the label "indirect object". You might say I'm in the indirect object camp on this arg
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Thank you, MM and CJ, for your replies.
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CalifJimThis could be controversial as there are some methods of analysis which say you cannot have an indirect object if there is no direct object.
I wonder whether the verb complement (prepositional phrase) "about the working practices in the warehouses" can be taken as a 'dummy direct object' thus justifying the use of "the board" as an indirect one.
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AnonymousI wonder whether ...
Yes, I'm sure someone has thought of that already. Emotion: smile

CJ
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CalifJimYes, I'm sure someone has thought of that already.
Thank you for the reply.
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