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Persian Learner Posted 9 years ago
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Hi.

Can you remember much about it?

Is the underlined part direct object of the sentence?

Is much a determiner which modifies the prepositional phrase about it?
  

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Persian Learner Is the underlined part direct object of the sentence? Yes and no. You can argue that it's the complete direct object, and only "much" is the (simple) direct object.

— CalifJim

  • Persian Learner Is the underlined part direct object of the sentence?
  • Yes and no.
  • You can argue that it's the complete direct object, and only "much" is the (simple) direct object.
  • Persian Learner Is much a determiner which modifies the prepositional phrase about it?
  • No.
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Persian LearnerIs the underlined part direct object of the sentence?
Yes and no. You can argue that it's the complete direct object, and only "much" is the (simple) direct object.
Persian LearnerIs much a determiner which modifies the prepositional phrase about it?
No. "much" is the direct object complement of "remember".
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Is about it adverbial? If so, what does it modify?
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Persian LearnerIs about it adverbial? If so, what does it modify?
I think you could argue this two ways — much about it or remember about it. In the second interpretation it's definitely adverbial, modifying 'remember'.

CJ
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CalifJim much about it
In this interpretation, the prepositional phrase in question is adjectival, isn't it?
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Persian LearnerIn this interpretation, the prepositional phrase in question is adjectival, isn't it?
Yes. That's right.

CJ
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