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Jasonkhlim Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Sentence structure.

Hi there.
I have a question.

''People with a strong immune system are most likely to recover quickly.''

People with = ?
Strong = Adjective
immune system = Subject
are = Linking verb
most likely to recover = adjective phrase
  

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People = subject with a strong immune system = adjectival prepositional phrase strong = adjective are = linking verb most likely to recover = adjective phrase

— Mister Micawber

  • People = subject with a strong immune system = adjectival prepositional phrase strong = adjective are = linking verb most likely to recover = adjective phrase
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People = subject
with a strong immune system = adjectival prepositional phrase
strong = adjective
are = linking verb
most likely to recover = adjective phrase
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Hi Mister Micawber.

''The book with the tattered cover has been read many times.''

The book = Subject
with the tattered cover = Prepositional phrase as an adjective
has been = linking verb
read many times = adjective

is my answer correct?
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jasonkhlimis my answer correct?
No.

The book = Subject
with the tattered cover = Prepositional phrase as an adjective
has been read = verb
many times = adverb
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Hmm.. One last question.

''You can listen to me give you a really long speech.''

You = subject
can listen to = verb
me = object
give you a really long speech = object complement?

give you a really long speech = adjective phrase?


Thanks in advance.
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''He stroked his guitar clean with a soft cotton cloth.''

clean = object complement / adjective?
with a soft cotton cloth = ?

Sorry, hope my questions won't annoy you.
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In my opinion, with a soft cotton cloth is a prepositional phrase/adjunct of instrument. A soft cotton cloth is a noun phrase/objetct to preposition.
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jasonkhlim''He stroked his guitar clean with a soft cotton cloth.''clean = object complement / adjective?with a soft cotton cloth = ?Sorry, hope my questions won't annoy you.
I think you're on the right lines.

I would say that the adjective “clean” is an objective predicative complement (in its ascriptive sense) relating to the object “guitar”, and th
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