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Huong Ho Posted 11 years ago
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I have read some examples of syntactic funtions of Ns and NPs. I found two these examples quite similar. The first example illustrates a function as prepositional object: '' I'm looking for my pen.'' and the second one illustrates a function as prepositional complement'' He is interested in Korean films.'' I wonder if they are two different terms of the same thing.
I have read some examples of syntactic funtions of Ns and NPs. I found two these examples quite similar. The first example illustrates a function as prepositional object: '' I'm looking for my pen.'' and the second one illustrates a function as prepositional complement'' He is interested in Korean films.'' I wonder if they are two different terms of the same thing.
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Huong Ho I wonder if they are two different terms of the same thing. " To me, they mean the same thing, but probably a professional grammarian would argue why theirs is the better label.
- Huong Ho I wonder if they are two different terms of the same thing.
- " To me, they mean the same thing, but probably a professional grammarian would argue why theirs is the better label.
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Huong Ho I wonder if they are two different terms of the same thing.In traditional grammar books, they would use the term "object of a preposition" or "prepositional object."
In modern grammar books, they would use the term "complement of a preposition" or "prepositional complement."
To me, they mean the same thing, but probably a professional gr
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