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Changeling Posted 16 years ago
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Syntax-related question

Hi, everybody!

1) I have a syntax-related question. Could you, please, help me to do a syntax analysis for the sentence below.
The creatures Jeremy finds in "River Monsters" are so deeply satisfying, primordial nature incarnate.

Question: I'm not sure if "deeply satisfying" and "primordial nature creatures" are separate syntax units, or it is a series of modifiers for "incarnate".

2) If these are independent, can I say this sentence in the following way? The creatures Jeremy finds in River Monsters are so deeply satisfying. They are primordial nature incarnate.
  

Top answer

1-- The sentence itself is oddly constructed, but both 'deeply satisfying' and 'primordial nature incarnate' are predicate modifiers of 'creatures'. The first is a predicate adjective and the second is a predicate nominative. 2-- Yes.

— Mister Micawber

  • 1-- The sentence itself is oddly constructed, but both 'deeply satisfying' and 'primordial nature incarnate' are predicate modifiers of 'creatures'.
  • The first is a predicate adjective and the second is a predicate nominative.
  • 2-- Yes.
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1-- The sentence itself is oddly constructed, but both 'deeply satisfying' and 'primordial nature incarnate' are predicate modifiers of 'creatures'. The first is a predicate adjective and the second is a predicate nominative.

2-- Yes.
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