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Hela Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Sentence analysis (6 mai)
0 Dear teachers, 02 br
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00 Would you please tell me if my analysis is correct ? 02 br
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00 They considered the sunny sandy beaches a property of theirs. 02 br
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00 They = subject 02 br
00 Considered = transitive verb 02 br
00 The sunny sandy beaches = direct object 02 br
00 A property of theirs = object complement 02 br
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00 All the best, 02 br
00 Hela 0-
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00 Would you please tell me if my analysis is correct ? 02 br
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00 They considered the sunny sandy beaches a property of theirs. 02 br
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00 They = subject 02 br
00 Considered = transitive verb 02 br
00 The sunny sandy beaches = direct object 02 br
00 A property of theirs = object complement 02 br
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00 All the best, 02 br
00 Hela 0-
Top answer
0 Looks good to me, Hela. You could go on to call it a 'nominal object complement', I suppose. 0-
- 0 Looks good to me, Hela.
- You could go on to call it a 'nominal object complement', I suppose.
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0 Looks good to me, Hela. You could go on to call it a 'nominal object complement', I suppose. 0-
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0 Thanks Mr Micawber, 02 br
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00 And what do you think of "She is very proud of her looks" 02 br
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00 She = subject 02 br
00 is = intensive verb 02 br
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00 (by the way how would you qualify "intensive / transitive / intransitive" is is the NATURE of the verb, its GRAMMATICAL CLASS rather than its functions? What do you call
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00 And what do you think of "She is very proud of her looks" 02 br
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00 She = subject 02 br
00 is = intensive verb 02 br
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00 (by the way how would you qualify "intensive / transitive / intransitive" is is the NATURE of the verb, its GRAMMATICAL CLASS rather than its functions? What do you call
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0 (1) 'Intensive verb' is not a common denomination in English; 'intensive' is normally used of adjectives and adverbs like 'utter' ('utter nonsense') and 'extremely' ('extremely dense'). I recommend that you stick with 'copular' or 'linking' verb for clear communication. 02 br
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00 (2) Hopefully grammatical class and function will be the same, but in cases where it is not
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00 (2) Hopefully grammatical class and function will be the same, but in cases where it is not
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0 Thanks Mr Micawber, 02 br
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00 3) I think that the function of a verb (part of speech) is to be a "verb". But when we say that it is copular, transitive and so on, we probably talk about its "syntactic nature" or "verb type", right ? 02 br
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00 Kind regards, 02 br
00 Hela 0-
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00 3) I think that the function of a verb (part of speech) is to be a "verb". But when we say that it is copular, transitive and so on, we probably talk about its "syntactic nature" or "verb type", right ? 02 br
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00 Kind regards, 02 br
00 Hela 0-
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0 Ah yes, I see. The basic 'function' of a verb is to 'express an action, thought or state of being'-- or something to that effect. 02 br
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00 But I don't think that the word 'function' is used linguistically-- or in linguistics-- to separate 'part of speech' from subdivisions of same ('syntactic nature'). One could do so in e.g. an academic paper if one defined them as suc
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00 But I don't think that the word 'function' is used linguistically-- or in linguistics-- to separate 'part of speech' from subdivisions of same ('syntactic nature'). One could do so in e.g. an academic paper if one defined them as suc
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