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Learnenglish Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Structure
Dear Teacher,
I meet the two sentences:
we went on board the yacht
he lived on board ship
Please analyze the structure of the two senteces. What's the function of the nouns--yacht and
ship? Are they objects? But went and lived are intransitive verbs. I haven't seen this type of structure.
Thank you.
I meet the two sentences:
we went on board the yacht
he lived on board ship
Please analyze the structure of the two senteces. What's the function of the nouns--yacht and
ship? Are they objects? But went and lived are intransitive verbs. I haven't seen this type of structure.
Thank you.
Top answer
we went on board the yacht he lived on board ship Hi, The nouns are objects of the prepositions, not objects of the verbs. The prepositional phrases are adverbial. " He is on board [the] ship.
- we went on board the yacht he lived on board ship Hi, The nouns are objects of the prepositions, not objects of the verbs.
- The prepositional phrases are adverbial.
- " He is on board [the] ship.
- I haven't seen this type of structure.
- We flew above the clouds.
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we went on board the yacht
he lived on board ship
Hi,
The nouns are objects of the prepositions, not objects of the verbs.
The prepositional phrases are adverbial.
The article "the" is optional with "ship," but not with "yacht."
He
he lived on board ship
Hi,
The nouns are objects of the prepositions, not objects of the verbs.
The prepositional phrases are adverbial.
The article "the" is optional with "ship," but not with "yacht."
He
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