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We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)Re: Sentence analysishttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SentenceAnalysis/gnhjj/post.htm#567180Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:56:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:567180Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/SentenceAnalysis/gnhjj/post.htm#567180http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-567180.xmlTIt should be analyzed further<div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: Sentence analysishttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SentenceAnalysis/ghbnb/post.htm#536028Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:13:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:536028Tanit1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SentenceAnalysis/ghbnb/post.htm#536028http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-536028.xml<BLOCKQUOTE><div>That has striked me too.<div></div></div></BLOCKQUOTE><br /><br />You probably meant <em>&#39;<a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=78854&amp;dict=CALD">struck</a>&#39;</em>, right?<div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: Sentence analysishttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SentenceAnalysis/ghbhv/post.htm#535929Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:36:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:535929Abil2http://www.englishforums.com/English/SentenceAnalysis/ghbhv/post.htm#535929http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-535929.xmlThat has striked me too.<div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: Sentence analysishttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SentenceAnalysis/ghbgn/post.htm#535921Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:16:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:535921Doll3http://www.englishforums.com/English/SentenceAnalysis/ghbgn/post.htm#535921http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-535921.xml<p>Yes,&nbsp; it is strange semantically. <img src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: Sentence analysishttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SentenceAnalysis/ggqxw/post.htm#535474Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:41:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:535474Clive4http://www.englishforums.com/English/SentenceAnalysis/ggqxw/post.htm#535474http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-535474.xmlHi guys,<br /><span style="COLOR:#0060bf;"><strong><em>Nora went mad because France lost a match against Spain in the championship for the best team in Italy last week.<br /></em></strong><span style="COLOR:#111111;">When I read this sentence, the first question that comes to my mind is <em>&#39;Why are France and Spain competing to be the best team in Italy?</em>&#39; It sounds like a competition for Italian teams only.<br /><br />The punctuation and/or sentence structure needs to be altered.<br />Best wishes, Clive<br /></span></span><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: Sentence analysishttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SentenceAnalysis/ggqrn/post.htm#535241Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:14:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:535241Doll5http://www.englishforums.com/English/SentenceAnalysis/ggqrn/post.htm#535241http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-535241.xml<p>Very generally it seems that it is a sentence + conjunction + sentence structure.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>Nora went mad (first sentence) + becasue (conjunction) + France lost... (second sentence)&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>As for the analysis, (I haven&#39;t dome sentence analysis for months so I may have forgetten somethings. <img src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-5.gif" alt="Wink" title="Wink" />&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>last week: noun phrase&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a match: noun phrase&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>in Italy prepositional phrase&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;lost: verb phrase (this verb phrase includes all the phrases I counted before </p> <p>best team: adjective phrase&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and forms a sentence.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>the best team: noun phrase&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;because:conjunction&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>for : prepositional phrase&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mad: adjective phrase</p> <p>the championship: noun phrase&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nora: noun phrase&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>in: prepositional phrase&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; went:verb phrase (this includes Nora and mad that is noun phrase and </p> <p>Spain: noun phrase&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; adjective phrase)</p> <p>against: prepositional phrase&nbsp;(follow from the right)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>I hope I didn&#39;t make a mistake above.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>As for modifiers and complements:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>I forgot my previous knowledge and I can&#39;t make sure whether we should take &quot;go mad&quot; as together or not so I skip it and Iw ill try to&nbsp;help as&nbsp;far as I remember.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>&quot;Italy&quot; is the complement of &quot;in&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>&quot;Spain&quot; is the complement of &quot;against&quot;&nbsp; </p> <p>&quot;the best team&quot; is the complement of &quot;for&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>&quot;the championship&quot; is the ceomplement of &quot;in&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>&quot; a match&quot; is the complement of &quot;lost&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>Sentence analysishttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SentenceAnalysis/ggphl/post.htmTue, 01 Jul 2008 10:51:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:535069Nan276http://www.englishforums.com/English/SentenceAnalysis/ggphl/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-535069.xmlCould someone please help with the sentence analysis (syntactic functions):<br /><em><strong><br />Nora went mad because France lost a match against Spain in the championship for the best team in Italy last week.</strong></em><br /><br />Subject - Nora<br />Verb - went<br />Complement - mad<br /><br />What about the rest of the sentence? Is it all adverbial of reason, or should be analyzed further???<br /><br />Thank you very much in advance!!<div style="clear:both;"></div>