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Bashyboy Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Studying A Sentence
The sentence is (what sort of punctuation am I to use here) "I have spoken of our social inheritance as though it were entirely English."
I have read somewhere that everything that is not part of the subject must be part of the predicate. Is this true? In this case, would the predicate be every word after the word "I?"
Also, is it true that the predicate always contains the main verb? Would the main verb be "have spoken" in this case? The word "were" is an auxiliary verb, right? So would it be part of another verb phrase?
"of our social inheritance" seems to be a prepositional phrase functioning as an adverb, telling us about what he has spoken. Is this right?
Finally, what sort of phrase is "as though it were entirely English?" Is the word "as," in this particular instance, a preposition or adverb?
I have read somewhere that everything that is not part of the subject must be part of the predicate. Is this true? In this case, would the predicate be every word after the word "I?"
Also, is it true that the predicate always contains the main verb? Would the main verb be "have spoken" in this case? The word "were" is an auxiliary verb, right? So would it be part of another verb phrase?
"of our social inheritance" seems to be a prepositional phrase functioning as an adverb, telling us about what he has spoken. Is this right?
Finally, what sort of phrase is "as though it were entirely English?" Is the word "as," in this particular instance, a preposition or adverb?
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Bashyboy I have read somewhere that everything that is not part of the subject must be part of the predicate. Is this true? " Correct.
- Bashyboy I have read somewhere that everything that is not part of the subject must be part of the predicate.
- Is this true?
- " Correct.
- Bashyboy Also, is it true that the predicate always contains the main verb?
- Would the main verb be "have spoken" in this case?
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BashyboyI have read somewhere that everything that is not part of the subject must be part of the predicate. Is this true? In this case, would the predicate be every word after the word "I?"Correct.
BashyboyAlso, is it true that the predicate always contains the main verb? Would the main verb be "have spoken" in this case? The word "we
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Oh, so "as though it were entirely English" is a dependent clause. And the subject of this subordinate clause is the pronoun "it," which refers to "our social inheritance?"
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BashyboyOh, so "as though it were entirely English" is a dependent clause. And the subject of this subordinate clause is the pronoun "it," which refers to "our social inheritance?"Yup! You got it!
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