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Silvia Black Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Syntactical function
What is the syntactical function here
1) The little chap was on the side of the Capital.
On the side of the Capital - is a predicative? Object? Attribute? Adverbial modifier?
2) Three or four plans suggested themselves, only to be ruled out by their self-evident absurdity.
To be ruled out by their self-evident absurdity - an object? Or adverbial modifier? Or smth else?
1) The little chap was on the side of the Capital.
On the side of the Capital - is a predicative? Object? Attribute? Adverbial modifier?
2) Three or four plans suggested themselves, only to be ruled out by their self-evident absurdity.
To be ruled out by their self-evident absurdity - an object? Or adverbial modifier? Or smth else?
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Silvia Black On the side of the Capital An adverb phrase Silvia Black by their self-evident absurdity. An adverb phrase
- Silvia Black On the side of the Capital An adverb phrase Silvia Black by their self-evident absurdity.
- An adverb phrase
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Silvia BlackOn the side of the CapitalAn adverb phrase
Silvia Blackby their self-evident absurdity.An adverb phrase
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Silvia Black1) The little chap was on the side of the Capitol. On the side of the Capitol - is a predicative? Object? Attribute? Adverbial modifier?Predicative.
Silvia Black2) Three or four plans suggested themselves, only to be ruled out by their self-evident absu
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Silvia BlackOn the side of the Capital - is a predicative? Object? Attribute? Adverbial modifier?I’d call it a locative complement.
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