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V878 Posted 18 years ago
On what does and will the fame of Turing rest?
I'm not sure how to find the subject, object (direct or indirect), and main verb for the above sentence. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Trouble finding subject and objects in this sentence
On what does and will the fame of Turing rest?
I'm not sure how to find the subject, object (direct or indirect), and main verb for the above sentence. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Hello V878-- and welcome to English Forums. On what does and will the fame of Turing rest? = The fame of Turing rests and will rest on what?
- Hello V878-- and welcome to English Forums.
- On what does and will the fame of Turing rest?
- = The fame of Turing rests and will rest on what?
- rest on what is a prepositional verb complement (or rest on is a phrasal verb with what as direct object)
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Hello V878-- and welcome to English Forums.
On what does and will the fame of Turing rest? = The fame of Turing rests and will rest on what?
S = Turing
V = does and will...rest
on what is a prepositional verb complement (or rest on is a phrasal verb with what as direct object)
Hello V878-- and welcome to English Forums.
On what does and will the fame of Turing rest? = The fame of Turing rests and will rest on what?
S = Turing
V = does and will...rest
on what is a prepositional verb complement (or rest on is a phrasal verb with what as direct object)
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Subject, object, lexical verb.
On what does and will the fame of Turing rest?
On what does he rest? => He
On what does and will the fame of Turing rest?
On what does he rest? => He
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Yes, that's right: fame, not Turing, of course. But what about 'on', Eggs?
Yes, that's right: fame, not Turing, of course. But what about 'on', Eggs?
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Mister Micawberwhat about 'on',
Mister Micawberor rest on is a phrasal verb with what as direct objectI'm not sure. I don't see it as a strictly phrasal verb as the meaning is not idiomatic. He rests on the bed. He rests in bed. He rests at home. The choice of preposition doesn't see
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Yes, the interrogative pronoun is still the object. Here's a simpler sentence parsed:
What [what]<*> <NonMod> <**CLB> **** INDP WH SG/PL @OBJ are [be]<SVC/N> <SVC
Yes, the interrogative pronoun is still the object. Here's a simpler sentence parsed:
What [what]<*> <NonMod> <**CLB> **** INDP WH SG/PL @OBJ are [be]<SVC/N> <SVC
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Innocent, the edgar, and the Doomed.
Innocent, the edgar, and the Doomed.
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