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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Sentence Analysis
a. She did nothing but/except watch tv.
Could you please analyse the sentence above, in terms of parts of speech.
b. I will be home at 7pm to make dinner before I go to my piano lesson.
Does the adverbial clause in bold modify the verb aspect of the infinitive phrase to make dinner or the verb phrase will be home?
Thank you
Could you please analyse the sentence above, in terms of parts of speech.
b. I will be home at 7pm to make dinner before I go to my piano lesson.
Does the adverbial clause in bold modify the verb aspect of the infinitive phrase to make dinner or the verb phrase will be home?
Thank you
Top answer
I believe there are two ways to analyze a). "but" and "except" are prepositions; "(to) watch tv" is a prepositional phrase used as object of preposition. She did nothing but/except that she did watch tv.
- I believe there are two ways to analyze a).
- "but" and "except" are prepositions; "(to) watch tv" is a prepositional phrase used as object of preposition.
- She did nothing but/except that she did watch tv.
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I believe there are two ways to analyze a).
"but" and "except" are prepositions; "(to) watch tv" is a prepositional phrase used as object of preposition.
She did nothing but/except that she did watch tv. (full conjunctions)
I believe that in b) the adverbial clause modifies "to make dinner."
(I will be home at 7 p.m. so that I will have enough time in order
"but" and "except" are prepositions; "(to) watch tv" is a prepositional phrase used as object of preposition.
She did nothing but/except that she did watch tv. (full conjunctions)
I believe that in b) the adverbial clause modifies "to make dinner."
(I will be home at 7 p.m. so that I will have enough time in order
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I guess that it means the complete conjunction.
In your sentence, you used only "but," so we decided to call it a preposition.
But when you say "but that," then you are using the full or complete conjunction. So we can no longer call "but" a preposition.
Cheers!
In your sentence, you used only "but," so we decided to call it a preposition.
But when you say "but that," then you are using the full or complete conjunction. So we can no longer call "but" a preposition.
Cheers!
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