Sentence analysis
Happiness isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
Happines: subject(noun)
Is: linking verb
all: may be an adverb
It (subject) refering to happiness
Is : linking verb
Cracked up: looks like a phrasal verb
But not sure of the meaning
To be is an infinitive of "be" but no idea why do we need it and what does it mean in the given context?
Thanks
Top answer
Hi Apart from "happiness", all of the. sentence is idiomatic English. If something isn't all it's cracked up to be, it means it's not as good as some people say it is You can't really analyse the parts of an idiom.
- Hi Apart from "happiness", all of the.
- sentence is idiomatic English.
- If something isn't all it's cracked up to be, it means it's not as good as some people say it is You can't really analyse the parts of an idiom.
- Possibly, to crack something up is to exaggerate it.
- We have crack-brained schemes that are schemes that we might think are wonderful but aren't going to work In terms of sentence analysis, probably all you can say is: - Happiness + idiom [= Some people think that happiness is really important, but maybe it's not the most important thing in the world] Dave
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Hi
Apart from "happiness", all of the. sentence is idiomatic English. If something isn't all it's cracked up to be, it means it's not as good as some people say it is
You can't really analyse the parts of an idiom. Possibly, to crack something up is to exaggerate it. We have crack-brained schemes that are schemes that we might think are wonderful but aren't going to work
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0Happiness isn't alli [it's cracked up to be ____i ] .
JigneshbharatiHappiness: subject(noun)
Yes, it is subject of the matrix clause
JigneshbharatiIs: linking verb
Yes.
Jigneshbharatiall: may be an adverb
No, it'
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