By Direct objects, Clauses

I'm helping my son with homework. (not very well!) Directions say: Identify subordinate clause and tell wither it is an adjective clause, adverb clause or noun clause. 1) Along a racetrack, he set up many cameras whose shutters were controlled by threads stretched across the track. 2) ...

I'm helping my son with homework. Directions say: Identify subordinate clause and tell wither it is an adjective clause, adverb clause or noun clause. 1) Along a racetrack, he set up many cameras whose shutters were controlled by threads stretched across the track. 2) They were the...

I can't figure out how to do a new post . . . I'm helping my son with homework. Directions say: Identify subordinate clause and tell wither it is an adjective clause, adverb clause or noun clause. 1) Along a racetrack, he set up many cameras whose shutters were controlled by threads...

While I understand the rules for handling misplaced/dangling participial phrases at the beginning of a sentence, I'm more than a bit fuzzy on the rules for sentence-ending phrases. I have reviewed several grammar texts, but most avoid the subject altogether. The Writer's Digest Grammar Desk...

"In canonical clauses containing just one object, that object is always a direct object, even if it corresponds semantically to the indirect object of a ditransitive clause." Oh, dear! I was afraid there were people out there with those opinions! It means that "me" is a direct object in...

Hi CJI'm sorry but they didn't list up such 'normally ditransitive' verbs. By the way, CJ, I found online a Web page that says that Huddleston and Pullum in Cambridge Grammar of the English Language says: "In canonical clauses containing just one object, that object is always a direct object,...

There are often optional ways of looking at sentence structure, but here are my opinions: 1. She | tried phoning | his home number, | but | he | didn´t answer. Subject | Verb | Direct object / noun phrase | conj. | subject | verb - Could "but he didn´t answer" be a clause?-- YES, it...

Hi there, I know that my problem isn´t grammar in general but I would really love some help in analysing these sentences which I find very difficult! I´ve tried myself, but I know my tries are incorrect. Thanks in advance. I am supposed to identify the primary sentence constituents in these...

Hello Ethanw.This is not a reply to your question but merely my tip about it. First of all, please allow me to say your first sentence is wrong. It should be "They made him leave". This is a special structure called as "causative construction". This sentence can be parsed as "They {made }" or...

Can there be any other interpretations of that? Yes, indeed, there can be other interpretations. "I" is subject; "would like" is a verb phrase; "to have another tea" is a non-finite clause used as the direct object of "would like". The subject of this subordinate clause is implied "I". ...