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Christine Christie Posted 3 years ago
Grammar

Shed

Consider the following sentence:


"A bike shed behind the pub."


Does this mean the same as saying 'a bike disappeared from behind the pub'?



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Christine Christie A bike shed behind the pub. It's not a sentence. It's just a reference to a shed (a small enclosure) for bikes that is located behind a pub.

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  • Christine Christie A bike shed behind the pub.
  • It's not a sentence.
  • It's just a reference to a shed (a small enclosure) for bikes that is located behind a pub.
  • Bike Shed CJ
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Christine ChristieA bike shed behind the pub.

It's not a sentence. It's just a reference to a shed (a small enclosure) for bikes that is located behind a pub.

Bike Shed

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Christine ChristieConsider the following sentence:

It is not a sentence, because it does not have a main verb. You might be wondering about "shed", but that cannot be a verb here (even if the intended meaning is some kind of joke, for example). The reason is "shed" is a transitive verb, but in the above line, there is no object.


Therefore, the on

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Christine Christie"A bike shed behind the pub."

Shed is a noun in that phrase.

Here shed is a verb:

My dog has long hair and sheds it everywhere. I am constantly using a broom to sweep up after him.
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