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Zygis Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Some inquiries

Hello, I have some things that I want to sort out.

1) Is the bolded part an object? The attentive lifeguard jumped quickly into the pool.

If yes, why it's possible here to use the adverb between the verb and the object?

2) How to correct this sentence?

She's neither a native speaker nor she lived ( or should I use has lived even though I talk about the past time?) in the UK.

I understand that with paired conjunctions we have to use parallel structures; however, I don't know how to correct that sentence.

Thank you.
  

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Zygis Is the bolded part an object? The attentive lifeguard jumped quickly into the pool. No.

— CalifJim

  • Zygis Is the bolded part an object?
  • The attentive lifeguard jumped quickly into the pool.
  • No.
  • It starts with the preposition into .
  • Such structures ( into the pool ) are called prepositional phrases and they can't be objects.
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ZygisIs the bolded part an object? The attentive lifeguard jumped quickly into the pool.
No. It starts with the preposition into. Such structures (into the pool) are called prepositional phrases and they can't be objects.

ZygisShe's neither a native speaker nor she lived ( or should I use has lived even though
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CalifJimThat aside, you could use this, which is a little less parallel but acceptable:
She's neither a native speaker nor has she (ever) lived in the UK.
The past is:
She was neither a native speaker nor had she (ever) lived in the UK.
Shouldn't it be : she has and she had?

Thank you.
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Hi,

No, it shouldn't.

Regards
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ZygisShouldn't it be : she has and she had?
No. Use subject-verb inversion after nor.

CJ
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