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Hi,Please tell me what the underlined part is grammatically.You will see them practicing their sports with their fingers tied.

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Please tell me what the underlined part is grammatically.

You will see them practicing their sports with their fingers tied.

Using the grammar terms I learned, I'd call this an adjectival phrase, describing 'them'.

Clive

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CliveHi,

Please tell me what the underlined part is grammatically.

You will see them practicing their sports with their fingers tied.

Using the grammar terms I learned, I'd call this an adjectival phrase, describing 'them'.

Thank you, Clive.

Can you please tell me how I can know if some phrase like "practicing their sports with their fingers tied" is describing a noun like "them"? People might say (you excluded) nonchanlantly that if a phrase describes a noun that it is an adjective, but it is hard for me see it clearly. for cases like "beautiful person", I can see "beautiful" modifying "person". Do you have some tips?

How do I make sure if the underlined part is describing the preceding noun "box"? Because it tells what box to be moved upstair? OK, but this test doesn't seem to prevail for the one above -- at least to me.

I have a box to be moved to upstairs.

Clive

Clive · Answer

Hi,

You will see them practicing their sports with their fingers tied.

Using the grammar terms I learned, I'd call this an adjectival phrase, describing 'them'.

Thank you, Clive.

Can you please tell me how I can know if some phrase like "practicing their sports with their fingers tied" is describing a noun like "them"? People might say (you excluded) nonchanlantly that if a phrase describes a noun that it is an adjective, but it is hard for me see it clearly. for cases like "beautiful person", I can see "beautiful" modifying "person". Do you have some tips?

Perhaps you have difficulty with the idea of an adjective coming after a noun. Think about a sentence like 'She found her cat dead'.

Another approach might be to use a process of elimination. eg Is it an adverbial phrase? No. Is it a noun phrase? No. Is it an adjectival phrase? Yes!

As a final thought, consider this. Most native speakers can't parse an English sentence in terms of the function of each part and what each part is called. Yet they understand the sentence just fine. So, don't forget that the main goal is to understand the sentence.

How do I make sure if the underlined part is describing the preceding noun "box"? Because it tells what box to be moved upstair? It doesn't really tell you 'which box'. It just tells you about 'a box'. OK, but this test doesn't seem to prevail for the one above -- at least to me.

I have a box to be moved to upstairs.

Best wishes, Clive

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