Word functions

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Could someone, please, help me determine wors functions (Subject, Object, Predicate, Adverbial, Complement to subject, Complement to object) in these sentences???
Thank you.
1) I', sure that everyone will join me in wishing you a very happyretirement.

2) Which button do I press next?
3) The older children found the toys too childish.
4) The wind was bending the young tree to the ground.
5) I wanted to live in the city, but my then husband prefered country.

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[nq:1]Could someone, please, help me determine wors functions (Subject, Object, Predicate, Adverbial, Complement to subject, Complement to object) in these sentences???[/nq]
Is this your homework? Why don't you make your own sugggestions and then ask people here to comment on them? this would be a much more fruitful way of doing it and you might learn something.
Einde O'Callaghan

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[nq:2]Could someone, please, help me determine wors functions (Subject,Object, Predicate, Adverbial, Complement to subject, Complement to object) inthese sentences???[/nq]
[nq:1]Is this your homework? Why don't you make your own sugggestions and then ask people here to comment on them? this would be a much more fruitful way of doing it and you might learn something. Einde O'Callaghan[/nq]
It's not my homework! I would never ask other people to do my homework. I have pride, you know.
I'm reading a book called An Outline of English Grammar (for foreign speakers, by R.Filipovic) and I didn't really understand the part on word functions. I've tried to find something about that on the internet, but didn't have any luck.
1) I'm sure that everyone will join me in wishing you a very happyretirement.

2) Which button do I press next?
3) The older children found the toys too childish.
4) The wind was bending the young tree to the ground.
5) I wanted to live in the city, but my then husband prefered country.

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[nq:1]Object, these[/nq]
[nq:2]Is this your homework? Why don't you make your own ... of doing it and you might learn something. Einde O'Callaghan[/nq]
[nq:1]It's not my homework! I would never ask other people to do my homework. I have pride, you know.[/nq]
I'm sorry, but we often get people here trying to improve their grades by getting native speakers to do their homework.
[nq:1]I'm reading a book called An Outline of English Grammar (for foreign speakers, by R.Filipovic) and I didn't really understand the part on word functions. I've tried to find something about that on the internet, but didn't have any luck.[/nq]
I'm not certain that what I'm going to do fits with teh framework in your book as I'm unfamiliar with it. I'll just touch on some of teh main points as tehre are several different ways of analysing the structure of a sentence
[nq:1]1) I'm sure that everyone will join me in wishing you a very happy retirement.[/nq]
2 clauses and a participial clause

I'm sure > that everyone will join me in > wishing you a very happy retirement
1st clause: I - subject; am - predicate (copular verb); sure - adjectival complement
2nd clause: that - conjunction (introducing indirect speech); everyone - subect; will join - predicate; me - indirect object; in - preposition (linking to participial clause)
participial clause: wishing - predicate; you - indirect obect; a very happy retirement - direct object.
[nq:1]2) Which button do I press next?[/nq]
a question
which button - object; do press - predicate; I - subject; next - adverb (modifiying the verb)
Is this the sort of thing you're looking for?
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

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Thank you so much!
In the third sentence: the children-subject, found-predicate, the toys-object (direct or indirect??? I don't understand the difference.), too childish - complement to object???
4)the wind- subject, was bending-predicate, the young tree-object (direct?),to the ground- adverb?

5)i-subject, wanted-predicate, to live-object (direct?), in the city ~~adverb?, but~~ conjunction, my husband-subject, then-adverb?, preffered-predicate, country-object(direct?)
What about this?
I appreciate the honesty of yout person. (I don't know if this sentence is grammatically correct, but supposedly it is):
I-subject, appreciate-predicate, the honesty-object(direct?), of your person-complement to object???

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[nq:1]Thank you so much! In the third sentence: the children-subject, found-predicate, the toys-object (direct or indirect??? I don't understand the difference.), too childish - complement to object???[/nq]
Yes; direct object - the direct object is the thing being acted on.
[nq:1]4)the wind- subject, was bending-predicate, the young tree-object (direct?), to the ground- adverb?[/nq]
Direct object - adverbial phrase
[nq:1]5)i-subject, wanted-predicate, to live-object (direct?), in the city - adverb?, but- conjunction, my husband-subject, then-adverb?, preffered-predicate, country-object(direct?)[/nq]
I - subject; wanted to live - predicate; in the city - adverbial phrase; bt - conjunction; my then husband - subject; preferred - predicate; th country - obect (direct)
The first part could also be parsed as follows:
I - subject; wanted to live in - predicate; the city - object.
[nq:1]What about this? I appreciate the honesty of yout person. (I don't know if this sentence is grammatically correct, but supposedly it is): I-subject, appreciate-predicate, the honesty-object(direct?), of your person-complement to object???[/nq]
Yes.
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

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Wow! Thanks!

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