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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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What is the grammatical function of the complement (gerund)?
Hi,
in the sentence:
I do not see the Internet being the death of languages
.. what exactly is the grammatical function of the unterlined complement?
Thanks
Paula
in the sentence:
I do not see the Internet being the death of languages
.. what exactly is the grammatical function of the unterlined complement?
Thanks
Paula
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Hi, in the sentence: I do not see the Internet being the death of languages .. what exactly is the grammatical function of the unterlined complement? I see it as an adjectival phrase, describing 'Internet'.
- Hi, in the sentence: I do not see the Internet being the death of languages ..
- what exactly is the grammatical function of the unterlined complement?
- I see it as an adjectival phrase, describing 'Internet'.
- You could also argue that it's a gerund phrase.
- This would be clearly the case if you reworded very slightly as I do not see the Internet's being the death of languages Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,
in the sentence:
I do not see the Internet being the death of languages
.. what exactly is the grammatical function of the unterlined complement?
I see it as an adjectival phrase, describing 'Internet'.
You could also argue that it's a gerund phrase. This would be clearly the case if you reworded very slightly as
in the sentence:
I do not see the Internet being the death of languages
.. what exactly is the grammatical function of the unterlined complement?
I see it as an adjectival phrase, describing 'Internet'.
You could also argue that it's a gerund phrase. This would be clearly the case if you reworded very slightly as
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