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Eddie88 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Question on a sentence-help please
'I wanted to tell him to leave, that it was too dangerous and he was risking his life.'
Questions about the sentence above
1) Is to tell an infinitive in this case? Why/why not?
2) What is the main verb in this part of the sentence? 'I wanted to tell him to leave'?
3) that it was too dangerous = What is this? Is it a noun clause? If so, it must take the place of a noun, but it doesn't seem to. The object is 'him'
Help, please.
Thanks.
Questions about the sentence above
1) Is to tell an infinitive in this case? Why/why not?
2) What is the main verb in this part of the sentence? 'I wanted to tell him to leave'?
3) that it was too dangerous = What is this? Is it a noun clause? If so, it must take the place of a noun, but it doesn't seem to. The object is 'him'
Help, please.
Thanks.
Top answer
I wanted to tell him to leave, that it was too dangerous and he was risking his life. " They are placed in apposition to the first direct object "to leave"
- I wanted to tell him to leave, that it was too dangerous and he was risking his life.
- " They are placed in apposition to the first direct object "to leave"
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I wanted to tell him to leave, that it was too dangerous and he was risking his life.
I - subject
wanted - main verb
to tell him to leave - infinitive phrase, noun, direct object of "wanted"
him - indirect object of infinitive tell
to leave - infinitive, noun, direct object of "tell"
that (it was too dangerous and he was risking his li
I - subject
wanted - main verb
to tell him to leave - infinitive phrase, noun, direct object of "wanted"
him - indirect object of infinitive tell
to leave - infinitive, noun, direct object of "tell"
that (it was too dangerous and he was risking his li
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Thanks,
I thought that they were infinitives! I got mislead by someone saying they were prepositions in this case.
And thanks for the noun clause analysis. I thought they were noun clauses but I didn't realise they could be as there was another object. The apposition thing is new to me.
I thought that they were infinitives! I got mislead by someone saying they were prepositions in this case.
And thanks for the noun clause analysis. I thought they were noun clauses but I didn't realise they could be as there was another object. The apposition thing is new to me.
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Definition of apposition:
Grammar. a syntactic relation between expressions, usually consecutive, that have the same function and the same relation to other elements in the sentence, the second expression identifying or supplementing the first. In Washington, our first president, the phrase our first president is in apposition with Washington.
Grammar. a syntactic relation between expressions, usually consecutive, that have the same function and the same relation to other elements in the sentence, the second expression identifying or supplementing the first. In Washington, our first president, the phrase our first president is in apposition with Washington.
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Thanks again!
Also, how do I know that this needs to be punctuated. That is, why does there need to be a comma before the complementizer that? Is there a rule around this? Obviously, it is obvious to the ear a comma needs to be placed there. But other than that, why does a comma need to be placed there? Other than the obvious, essential and non-essential phrases and clauses.
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Also, how do I know that this needs to be punctuated. That is, why does there need to be a comma before the complementizer that? Is there a rule around this? Obviously, it is obvious to the ear a comma needs to be placed there. But other than that, why does a comma need to be placed there? Other than the obvious, essential and non-essential phrases and clauses.
Tha
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