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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Sentence fragment
My name is John.
Is this a complete sentence, and why?
Is this a complete sentence, and why?
Top answer
It is a complete sentence. It has a subject--name a verb--is a predicate nominative--John, which renames the subject and the possessive pronoun, my, which is used as an adjective to modify the subject, name.
- It is a complete sentence.
- It has a subject--name a verb--is a predicate nominative--John, which renames the subject and the possessive pronoun, my, which is used as an adjective to modify the subject, name.
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It is a complete sentence.
It has a subject--name
a verb--is
a predicate nominative--John, which renames the subject
and the possessive pronoun, my, which is used as an adjective to modify the subject, name.
It has a subject--name
a verb--is
a predicate nominative--John, which renames the subject
and the possessive pronoun, my, which is used as an adjective to modify the subject, name.
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sam1947It is a complete sentence.
It has a subject--name
a verb--is
a predicate nominative--John, which renames the subject
and the possessive pronoun, my, which is used as an adjective to modify the subject, name.
"My" is indeed a pronoun - here a 'genitive noun phrase' to be precise, but it's used as (i.e. its function is) "determiner",
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Hi Anon,
Is there some particular reason you have asked this question about this sentence?
Clive
Is there some particular reason you have asked this question about this sentence?
Clive
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You are so right! I had completely forgotten about the genitive and determiners. It's not something you are likely to hear much about in English, and it has been years since I've heard those words! Thanks for correcting this for the questioner, and thanks for bringing back the memory of parts of grammar I haven't thought about in years.
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