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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] 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.

  • [/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: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]
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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.
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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
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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]
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