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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Using clause in a simple and complex sentence

I will ask my friend which lives next to my house to go out tonight.
Is the pattern of the sentence above SVOCA? Please explain about the complement...
  

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Anonymous SVOCA This kind of phrase analysis only goes so far once you get into more complicated sentences. I (subject) will ask (verb) my friend, (object) .................. who is my neighbor, ( relative clause modifying 'friend') to go out (infinitive complement of 'ask'; a catenative structure 'ask to go') tonight.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous SVOCA This kind of phrase analysis only goes so far once you get into more complicated sentences.
  • I (subject) will ask (verb) my friend, (object) ..................
  • who is my neighbor, ( relative clause modifying 'friend') to go out (infinitive complement of 'ask'; a catenative structure 'ask to go') tonight.
  • (adverb of time) CJ
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AnonymousSVOCA
This kind of phrase analysis only goes so far once you get into more complicated sentences.

I (subject)
will ask (verb)
my friend, (object)
.................. who is my neighbor, (relative clause modifying 'friend')
to go out (infinitive complement of 'ask'; a catenative structure 'ask to go')
tonight.
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