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MIA6 Posted 20 years ago
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1. Identify each verbal or verbal phrase. Then indicate whether it is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun: By living a life of patience and unselfishness, Hester eventually becomes the community's angel. <The part i underlined is a verbal phrase.> But what is it used as? i think it is an adjective to modify Hester.
2. Combine each pair of sentences into one sentence that contains an appositive: 1)Some people perform amazing feats when they are very young. These people are geniuses from birth. My sentence is: Some people, geniuses from birth, perform amazing feats when they are very young. 2)Paul Klee was a Swiss painter. As a child he was frightened by his own drawings of devils. My sentence is: Paul Klee, a swiss painter, as a child he was frightened by his own drawings of devils.
3. What does postponed subject mean? And what does expletive mean?
2. Combine each pair of sentences into one sentence that contains an appositive: 1)Some people perform amazing feats when they are very young. These people are geniuses from birth. My sentence is: Some people, geniuses from birth, perform amazing feats when they are very young. 2)Paul Klee was a Swiss painter. As a child he was frightened by his own drawings of devils. My sentence is: Paul Klee, a swiss painter, as a child he was frightened by his own drawings of devils.
3. What does postponed subject mean? And what does expletive mean?
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Hi, 1. Identify each verbal or verbal phrase. Then indicate whether it is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun: By living a life of patience and unselfishness , Hester eventually becomes the community's angel.
- Hi, 1.
- Identify each verbal or verbal phrase.
- Then indicate whether it is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun: By living a life of patience and unselfishness , Hester eventually becomes the community's angel.
- > But what is it used as?
- i think it is an adjective to modify Hester.
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Hi,
1. Identify each verbal or verbal phrase. Then indicate whether it is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun: By living a life of patience and unselfishness, Hester eventually becomes the community's angel. <The part i underlined is a verbal phrase.> But what
1. Identify each verbal or verbal phrase. Then indicate whether it is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun: By living a life of patience and unselfishness, Hester eventually becomes the community's angel. <The part i underlined is a verbal phrase.> But what
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