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Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
With my friends
The following is a made-up sentence:
I play cricket with my friends.
I know "with" is the preposition here.
A preposition shows relationship between words.
What does "with connect"?
Cricket (noun) and with my friends (an object of the preposition or
The verb "play" and "with my friends"
Does it function adjectivally modifying the noun "cricket"?
I play cricket with my friends.
I know "with" is the preposition here.
A preposition shows relationship between words.
What does "with connect"?
Cricket (noun) and with my friends (an object of the preposition or
The verb "play" and "with my friends"
Does it function adjectivally modifying the noun "cricket"?
Top answer
I play cricket with my friends . "My friends" is complement of "with", and the PP "with my friends" is a comitative adjunct. Comitative adjuncts prototypically express the notion of accompaniment: "my friends and I play cricket together".
- I play cricket with my friends .
- "My friends" is complement of "with", and the PP "with my friends" is a comitative adjunct.
- Comitative adjuncts prototypically express the notion of accompaniment: "my friends and I play cricket together".
- The direct object of "play" is just "cricket", not *"cricket with my friends".
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I play cricket with my friends.
"My friends" is complement of "with", and the PP "with my friends" is a comitative adjunct.
Comitative adjuncts prototypically express the notion of accompaniment: "my friends and I play cricket together".
The direct object of "play" is just "cricket", not *"cricket with my fri
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