There is no denying the fact that he is a faithful husband.

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There is no denying the fact that he is a faithful husband.

Please help me to divide the above sentence into constituent parts of speech.

is is a verb.
denying the fact is a noun phrase functioning as an object.

Jackson6612 · Accepted Answer

Help, please.

Avangi · Answer

Jackson6612There is no denying the fact that he is a faithful husband.

I don't think you mean "parts of speech." I was always taught there are only eight of those.

I don't know much about "that."
"That he is a faithful husband" is a relative clause. "That" is a relative pronoun referring to "fact." To the best of my knowledge, "that" does not actually participate in the relative clause, as for example "which" would. "He is a faithful husband" is fully capable of standing alone as a simple sentence, in which "he" is the subject, "is" is the verb, "husband" is the noun complement, "a" is an article determining husband, and "faithful" is an adjective describing, or modifying "husband."

You've already explained the first part, but I think the only object in the sentence is the noun "fact," which is object of the present participle non finite form of the verb "to deny." I don't believe the main verb "is" may be said to take an object, but rather a complement. Although lately nothing surprises me. "Is" may take a noun complement, hence your noun phrase.

Jackson6612 · Answer

AvangiI don't think you mean "parts of speech." I was always taught there are only eight of those.

Hi Avangi,

What did I mean, then? Do you call them grammatical components, parts, or units?

Avangi · Answer

Hi,
I'm embarrassed to say I don't know a good term which applies to all grammatical constructs other than parts of speech. Perhaps I should have kept my mouth shut.

But I would certainly never say, "Look at this phrase: the burning of Atlanta What part of speech is this?"

You can look up any single word in the dictionary, and find the definitions organized according to "parts of speech" - nouns, pronouns, prepositions, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, interjections, and, ah yes, verbs.

There is no denying the fact that he is a faithful husband.

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