Thank you for your help.
I'd like to post questions related to prepositional phrases which sometimes ambiguous.
1. He has made coffee for all of us.
2. Please boil enough rice for ten people.
3. Won't you play a Beethoven sonata for me?
4. We must choose suitable presents for your nephews and nieces.
5. I've bought some chocolate for you.
6. Our school held a fund-raising event for poor children.
[Among the six sentences, which prepositional phrases are adjective phrases and adverb phrases? I mean the pattern 'for ...'. Don't they have the same pattern? ]
7. Our school held poor children a fund-raising event.
[Is #7 a correct sentence?]
#7 would never be used. It's too awkward.
The other sentences are fine. In these sentences, I take the "for..." prepositional phrases as adjective phrases:
1, 2, 4, 6.
I take the "for..." prepositional phrases as adverb phrases:
3, 5
To identify whether "for" in the given sentences is functioning as an adjective or an adverb, we need to analyze the word it is modifying and its role in the sentence.
1. In the sentence "He has made coffee for all of us," the prepositional phrase "for all of us" is an adverbial phrase, modifying the verb "made." It tells us the purpose for which the coffee was made.
2. In the sentence "Please boil enough rice for ten people," the prepositional phrase "for ten people" is again an adverbial phrase, modifying the verb "boil." It specifies the intended quantity of rice.
3. In the sentence "Won't you play a Beethoven sonata for me?" the prepositional phrase "for me" is an adverbial phrase, modifying the verb "play." It indicates the recipient or beneficiary of the action.
4. In the sentence "We must choose suitable presents for your nephews and nieces," the prepositional phrase "for your nephews and nieces" is again an adverbial phrase, modifying the verb "choose." It tells us the intended recipients of the presents.
5. In the sentence "I've bought some chocolate for you," the prepositional phrase "for you" is also an adverbial phrase, modifying the verb "bought." It indicates the intended recipient.
6. In the sentence "Our school held a fundraising event for poor children," the prepositional phrase "for poor children" is an adjective phrase, modifying the noun "event." It describes the type of children for whom the event is held.
Regarding sentence #7, "Our school held poor children a fundraising event," it is grammatically incorrect. The word order is incorrect, and it is not clear how "poor children" is connected to the event. A correct sentence could be "Our school held a fundraising event for poor children."
In summary, the prepositional phrases "for all of us," "for ten people," "for me," "for your nephews and nieces," and "for you" in sentences 1-5 are adverbial phrases, while "for poor children" in sentence 6 is an adjective phrase.