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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Linguistics Studies

please parse this sentence

I got used to your being here.

1. How would this sentence be parsed?

2. Is 'used to' a prepositional verb?

3. How does 'here', which is an adverb, modify 'being', which is a gerund (noun)?

4. What if 'your' was replaced with 'you', would the obect of 'to' be a fused participle of you and being?

Thank you in advance,

Donna
  

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-- I would guess that there are several ways to approach this; here's mine: I - Subject got - verb used - predicate adjective to - preposition your - possessive adjective being - gerund (object of preposition) here - noun complement 2. -- No, it is an adjectival structure; get is an informal copular verb. 3.

— Mister Micawber

  • -- I would guess that there are several ways to approach this; here's mine: I - Subject got - verb used - predicate adjective to - preposition your - possessive adjective being - gerund (object of preposition) here - noun complement 2.
  • -- No, it is an adjectival structure; get is an informal copular verb.
  • 3.
  • -- Gerunds keep some of their verbal characteristics, including supporting objects or complements: Being a man is always difficult; Eating too many hamburgers may kill you .
  • 4.
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1.-- I would guess that there are several ways to approach this; here's mine:
I - Subject
got - verb
used - predicate adjective
to - preposition
your - possessive adjective
being - gerund (object of preposition)
here - noun complement

2. Is 'used to' a prepositional verb?-- No, it is an adjectival s
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