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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Sentence analysis hard one
Dear teachers.
I am a second language learner and Im having a hard but interesting time with the first part of a sentence. Here we go, the relevant part is underlined:
"Although he had arrived in Athens very recently, he has already made friends"
Now, on the first level of analysis, I get this to be either A, S, V, DO (the prep.phrase), A. OR A, S, V, A, A.
To be more precise:
Although=A=Adv.Phrase
He=S=NP
Had Arrived=V=VP (Had is AUX.Verb to Arrived)
In Athens=DO or A=Prep. P
Very Recently=A=Adv.P
Ofcourse I may be so totally wrong and it is all an A to the total sentence, in which case it may all be one big noun phrase???
I am lost..at the verge of tears..please show me the light. Thank you.
I am a second language learner and Im having a hard but interesting time with the first part of a sentence. Here we go, the relevant part is underlined:
"Although he had arrived in Athens very recently, he has already made friends"
Now, on the first level of analysis, I get this to be either A, S, V, DO (the prep.phrase), A. OR A, S, V, A, A.
To be more precise:
Although=A=Adv.Phrase
He=S=NP
Had Arrived=V=VP (Had is AUX.Verb to Arrived)
In Athens=DO or A=Prep. P
Very Recently=A=Adv.P
Ofcourse I may be so totally wrong and it is all an A to the total sentence, in which case it may all be one big noun phrase???
I am lost..at the verge of tears..please show me the light. Thank you.
Top answer
Hi, " Although he had arrived in Athens very recently , he has already made friends". This is not correct. The Past Perfect should only be used to indicate that a past event happened before some later time in the past.
- Hi, " Although he had arrived in Athens very recently , he has already made friends".
- This is not correct.
- The Past Perfect should only be used to indicate that a past event happened before some later time in the past.
- Your sentence does not indicate any such later time.
- " Clive
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Hi,
"Although he had arrived in Athens very recently, he has already made friends".
This is not correct.
The Past Perfect should only be used to indicate that a past event happened before some later time in the past. Your sentence does not indicate any such later time.
"Although he had arrived in Athens very recently, he has already made friends".
This is not correct.
The Past Perfect should only be used to indicate that a past event happened before some later time in the past. Your sentence does not indicate any such later time.
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Anonymous"Although he had arrived in Athens very recently, he has already made friends"Personally, I won't consider past perfect to begin with. It's not necessary. First off, there wan't another event preceeding his arriving. Secondly, " he has already made friends " doesn't blend well with the underlined. I would just use
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Hello. Thank you for your reply. However, I am afraid I failed to communicate the question properly. This is not my sentence, it is a given sentence from a text book of which I have to make a grammatical sentence analysis. Therefore, the aim is not to improve on the sentence's litterary value, but to analyse it grammatically.
If you are still game, the question is: Is this 2 seperate clau
If you are still game, the question is: Is this 2 seperate clau
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Hello. Thank you for your reply. However, I am afraid I failed to communicate the question properly. This is not my sentence, it is a given sentence from a text book of which I have to make a grammatical sentence analysis. Therefore, the aim is not to improve on the sentence's litterary value, but to analyse it grammatically.
If you are still game, the question is: Is this 2 seperate clau
If you are still game, the question is: Is this 2 seperate clau
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Hi,
Although he had arrived in Athens very recently, he has already made friends"
'Although' is a conjunction, not an adverb.
It introduces a subordinate adverbial clause of concession. In other words, this clause cannot stand by itself. Its whole function is adve
Although he had arrived in Athens very recently, he has already made friends"
'Although' is a conjunction, not an adverb.
It introduces a subordinate adverbial clause of concession. In other words, this clause cannot stand by itself. Its whole function is adve
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Thank you teacher 
BUT what type of phrase is it then, and which word is the head and which are modifiers? Im really strugg
BUT what type of phrase is it then, and which word is the head and which are modifiers? Im really strugg
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Hi,
Although he had arrived in Athens very recently,
Subordinate adverbial clause
Although= Conjunction
He=S=Pronoun
Had Arrived=VP (Had is Aux. Verb, Arrived is main verb, past participle)
Although he had arrived in Athens very recently,
Subordinate adverbial clause
Although= Conjunction
He=S=Pronoun
Had Arrived=VP (Had is Aux. Verb, Arrived is main verb, past participle)
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Hi. This is what I also got. However I am still baffled because as far as I have understood, below the function level (in this case A for adverbial), on the material level the entire A should be one phrase, eg an adverbial phrase, with one Head and the rest being pre- or postmodifiers. Is that wrong? You seem to be describing the level below the material level?
Again, I can not thank you
Again, I can not thank you
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Hi,
Sorry, I'm not familar with the grammar terms you are using (function level and material level).
Are you suggesting that this part of the sentence should not contain a finite verb? If so, you are mistaken.
Clive
Sorry, I'm not familar with the grammar terms you are using (function level and material level).
Are you suggesting that this part of the sentence should not contain a finite verb? If so, you are mistaken.
Clive
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No, I don't know what a finite verb is I am suggesting that if the first sentence (the although-sentence) is an adverbial, then, wh
I am suggesting that if the first sentence (the although-sentence) is an adverbial, then, wh0
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