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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
what functional name?
Hi, Please tell me the answers to these.
1. Can a complement, whether it be an adjective, noun, or verb complement, work only with certain verbs and not all verbs? Yes, then why is that?
2. What is the functional terms for the underlined infinitive parts? What are they doing in the sentence?
He was permitted to play one game after the supper.
He felt inclined to argue with his brother.
1. Can a complement, whether it be an adjective, noun, or verb complement, work only with certain verbs and not all verbs? Yes, then why is that?
2. What is the functional terms for the underlined infinitive parts? What are they doing in the sentence?
He was permitted to play one game after the supper.
He felt inclined to argue with his brother.
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Hi, Anon, I should probably keep out of this. I don't think they used the expression "complement" when I was in school. The type of action the verb describes often limits its function.
- Hi, Anon, I should probably keep out of this.
- I don't think they used the expression "complement" when I was in school.
- The type of action the verb describes often limits its function.
- Transitive verbs take objects.
- " Intransitive verbs don't.
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Hi, Anon,
I should probably keep out of this. I don't think they used the expression "complement" when I was in school. The type of action the verb describes often limits its function.
I should probably keep out of this. I don't think they used the expression "complement" when I was in school. The type of action the verb describes often limits its function.
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Wow! I just read this again. I really messed up. Sorry. Guess my brains were out to lunch.
"to my stomach" is a prepositional phrase, not an infinitive. I know you're sharp enough to spot that. It still functions as an adverbial phrase, which it must be by definition to modify another adverb. (I guess what I call "modifiers" are what you call "compliments.")
"to my stomach" is a prepositional phrase, not an infinitive. I know you're sharp enough to spot that. It still functions as an adverbial phrase, which it must be by definition to modify another adverb. (I guess what I call "modifiers" are what you call "compliments.")
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