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Sooris Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Sentence pattern

What is the sentence pattern of, "He died a painful death."?

Is the punctuation mark correct in the above sentence?

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1-- I guess: SVA. The verb die is intransitive,and ' a painful death ' sound adverbial to me. I don't think it's the same as ' he sang a song '.

— Mister Micawber

  • 1-- I guess: SVA.
  • The verb die is intransitive,and ' a painful death ' sound adverbial to me.
  • I don't think it's the same as ' he sang a song '.
  • There may be a linguistic term for this kind of formation-- I think I may have run across it in the past, but if so, I've forgotten it.
  • 2-- The correct punctuation: What is the sentence pattern of "He died a painful death"?
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1-- I guess: SVA. The verb die is intransitive,and 'a painful death' sound adverbial to me. I don't think it's the same as 'he sang a song'. There may be a linguistic term for this kind of formation-- I think I may have run across it in the past, but if so, I've forgotten it.
2-- The correct punctuation: What is the sentence pattern of "He died a painful death"?
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Thanks a lot. That was an excellent answer.

Sooris
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cognate object?

prayed a prayer
sang a song
drank a drink
drew a drawing

Maybe not die a death, as you say -- although ???

CJ
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OK-- I like 'cognate object'. In other, Biblical, context it seems to be an object:

Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord ***.
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

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