can someone correct these sentences and help me understand this?
1.I remember the reasonableness of my father's arguments. SPOA or is this not adverbial?
2.We are in a bit of a mess. what is in a bit of a mess?
3.Do you call yourself a porter? is a porter object complement?
4.Every increase in knowledge augments our capacity for evil.what is our capacity for evil?
5.Travel nowadays is fraught with disillusion.??
6.Keep your hands of me! your hands is direct object and what is of me?
7.I can't keep my hands warm.is warm an adverbial or object complement and how can i make a difference between them?
8.This doesn't mean the destruction has stopped.what is this doesn't mean?
9.A lot of people don't like what they see on television. what is what they see on television?
10.This is an introductory course in English grammar for use in English-medium schools,colleges and universities. i don't get this one.
thank you:)
I'm not sure what you are supposed to be doing with each of these sentences. Could you repost with your exact instructions, please?
#1 - what is "SPOA"??
#2 - check this: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/prepositions.htm
#3 is correct
#4 - "augments" is the main verb; so what do you think about "capacity"?
#5 ??
In #6, "hands" is the direct object, yes. But you have a word misspelled -- it's "off" not "of." What kind of word is "off"?
#7 - not an object complement since it's not a noun. It isn't an adverb either. What kind of word is it and what is it doing here?
#8 - What is "This"?
#9 - http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/clauses.htm#noun Scroll down to Dependent Clauses and read the different sections on Noun Clauses.
#10 ??
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i have to identify the elements of clause structure in the sentences
f.e. George's father greeted the headmaster
George's father=Subject(S)
greeted=Predicator(P)
the headmaster=Direct object(O)
I'll do a few of them for you; then you do the rest and we'll see what's what.
1.I remember the reasonableness of my father's arguments.
I = subject
remember = verb
the = article
reasonableness = direct object
of = preposition
my = possessive pronoun
father's = possessive
arguments = object of preposition "of"
of my father's arguments = prepositional phrase
2.We are in a bit of a mess.
We = subject
are = verb
in = preposition
a = article
bit = object of preposition "in"
of = preposition
a = article
mess = object of preposition "of"
(Two prepositional phrases here -- what are they?)
3.Do you call yourself a porter? is a porter object complement?
correct
4.Every increase in knowledge augments our capacity for evil.what is our capacity for evil?
Every = pronominal adjective
increase = subject
in = preposition
knowledge = object of preposition "in"
augments = verb
our = possessive pronoun
capacity = direct object
for = preposition
evil = object of preposition "for"
(Two prepositional phrases here, too -- what are they?)
Let me know what you think about these and the rest of them.
=)
thank you:)
Can You correct these 2 sentences?
1.Almoust all fine books are printed on a handpress with raised type that literally bites into the paper.
I don't have to analyse every word just the main parts. Ma analysis:
Almoust all fine books=subject
are printed=predicator
on a handpress with raised type that literally bites into the paper=adverbial
2.In this book we shall use the term grammar in reference to the mechanisms accordind to which language works when it is used to communicate with other people.
In this book=adverbial
we=subject
shall use=predicator
the term grammar=object
what is the rest of the sentence?
1.Almost all fine books are printed on a handpress with raised type that literally bites into the paper.
I don't have to analyse every word just the main parts. Ma analysis:
Almost all fine books=subject complete subject, right?
are printed=predicator verb? isn't the verb the predicate?
on a handpress<~~prepositional phrase with raised type<~~prepositional phrase that literally bites into the paper=adverbial "that ... paper" is a subordinate (adjective) clause that modifies "type" -- however, "on a ... paper" taken as a whole (2 phrases and a clause) could be called adverbial since, together, they modify the verb
2.In this book we shall use the term grammar in reference to the mechanisms according to which language works when it is used to communicate with other people.
In this book=adverbial
we=subject
shall use=predicator verb
the term grammar=object The direct object is "term" while the word "grammar" is an appositive to "term"
what is the rest of the sentence?
prepositional phrases:
in reference
to the mechanisms
according to which language works when it is used to communicate with other people ("which ... people" = two subordinate clauses, an infinitive, and a prepositional phrase being used as the direct object for the infinitive "to communicate")
From "in reference" to the end of the sentence seems to be telling HOW the term grammar will be used; therefore, it must be adverbial.
??
1. Almost all fine books = complete subject
are printed = predicate
on a handpress = prepositional phrase modifying "printed"
with raised type = prepositional phrase modifying "printed"
that literally bites into the paper = subordinate clause modifying "type"
So, your analysis is correct.
2. In this book = adverbial
we = subject
shall use = predicate
the term grammar = direct object
in reference to the mechanisms = prepositional phrase modifying "use"
according to which language works when it is used to communicate with other people = subordinate clause modifying "mechanisms"
So, your analysis is correct. The rest of the sentence is a combination of prepositional phrases and a subordinate clause.