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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Where is the predicate?
I wonder if I ought to go on trying to wake up.
The predicate is " ought to go on trying " or "ought to go on trying to wake up"?
I don't understand,there's so many words!
The predicate is " ought to go on trying " or "ought to go on trying to wake up"?
I don't understand,there's so many words!
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I wonder if I ought to go on trying to wake up . The subject is in red. The predicate is in blue.
- I wonder if I ought to go on trying to wake up .
- The subject is in red.
- The predicate is in blue.
- CJ
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I wonder if I ought to go on trying to wake up.
The subject is in red. The predicate is in blue.
CJ
The subject is in red. The predicate is in blue.
CJ
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[I wonder if I ought to go on trying to wake up].
Predicate 1: wonder if I ought to go on trying to wake up
Predicate 2: ought to go on trying to wake up
You have two finite clauses, the bracketed main clause and the underlined content clause, and thus two finite predicates. The content clause is complement of wonder, so it’s part of the main cla
Predicate 1: wonder if I ought to go on trying to wake up
Predicate 2: ought to go on trying to wake up
You have two finite clauses, the bracketed main clause and the underlined content clause, and thus two finite predicates. The content clause is complement of wonder, so it’s part of the main cla
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