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Df2006 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
SVC or SVA or SVOC or SVOA ?
Will someone be kind enough to help me analyse the following, please?
1. He got himself into trouble. (SVA or SVOA?)
2. He got through the window. (SVA ?)
3. I am exhausted / angry / busy. (SVC or SVA?)
4. They look sick. (SVC or SVA?)
5. I have to do something. (SVO)
6. I have something to do. (SVOC or SVOA?)
7. The duty of a student is to study. (A student's duty is to study.) (SVA?)
Many thanks in advance!
1. He got himself into trouble. (SVA or SVOA?)
2. He got through the window. (SVA ?)
3. I am exhausted / angry / busy. (SVC or SVA?)
4. They look sick. (SVC or SVA?)
5. I have to do something. (SVO)
6. I have something to do. (SVOC or SVOA?)
7. The duty of a student is to study. (A student's duty is to study.) (SVA?)
Many thanks in advance!
Top answer
1. SVOA 2. SVA 3.
- 1.
- SVOA 2.
- SVA 3.
- SV+predicate adjective.
- 4.
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1. SVOA
2. SVA
3. SV+predicate adjective.
4. SVA
5. SVO
6.SVOC
7. The duty of a student = S, is = V, to study is an infinitive phrase = object.
2. SVA
3. SV+predicate adjective.
4. SVA
5. SVO
6.SVOC
7. The duty of a student = S, is = V, to study is an infinitive phrase = object.
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Many thanks for your quick reply. But I have some more questions based on your reply:
1. He got himself into trouble. (SVOA)
I thought since ‘he’ and ‘himself’ refer to the same person, there is no need to put ‘himself’ into the ‘O’ category?
3. I am exhausted / angry / busy.
4. They look sick. (SVA?)
If the sentences i
1. He got himself into trouble. (SVOA)
I thought since ‘he’ and ‘himself’ refer to the same person, there is no need to put ‘himself’ into the ‘O’ category?
3. I am exhausted / angry / busy.
4. They look sick. (SVA?)
If the sentences i
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They look sick. The verb modifier tells us how they look like.
I am angry. Here, "angry" modifies the subject (I), the noun; therefore, "angry" is an adjective.
I have to do something = I have something to do. SVO on second thought.
7. No sentence crosses my mind where the infinitive phrase is not an object. The objective of my plan is to succeed. T
I am angry. Here, "angry" modifies the subject (I), the noun; therefore, "angry" is an adjective.
I have to do something = I have something to do. SVO on second thought.
7. No sentence crosses my mind where the infinitive phrase is not an object. The objective of my plan is to succeed. T
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Hi,
1. He got himself into trouble. (SVOA)
I thought since ‘he’ and ‘himself’ refer to the same person, there is no need to put ‘himself’ into the ‘O’ category? They refer to the same person, however from two different point of views.
In a sentence like 'He covered himself in mu
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4. They look sick. (SVA?) "Subject linking verb- predicate adjective." Yes indeed
"look" is a copula, thus sick is not an adverb.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/adjectiv/attribut.htm
"look" is a copula, thus sick is not an adverb.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/adjectiv/attribut.htm
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Can you please give me some examples of a Subject-Linking Verb-Predicate Adjective . Please please please.[Y]
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He is boring.
if you say that BORING in this case is a COMPLEMENT (C) you will not make a mistake, but being more specific, you can state that this is the case of PREDICATIVE ADJECTIVE.
Check in QUIRK-GREENBAUM / p. 336 (verb complementation)
if you say that BORING in this case is a COMPLEMENT (C) you will not make a mistake, but being more specific, you can state that this is the case of PREDICATIVE ADJECTIVE.
Check in QUIRK-GREENBAUM / p. 336 (verb complementation)
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"himself" is affected by "he" in the sentence , so "himself" is an object here.
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