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Hello, everyone. I'm truly surprised to see a simple question has developed into such a long thread which, I must say, has strayed from the original question. "Alive" is not an object complement. It is simply an adjective that is used postpositively. There is no freedom of choice as to where to...

You're most welcome, Hela. I love everything connected with English grammar, and syntactic analysis is my favourite topic! I have A Grammar of Contemporary English and A University Grammar of English with me, so I can even give you page numbers to go with my words this time! In A Grammar of...

Hello Hela I'm not an English teacher and I don't think I'm qualified to answer such an intriguing question like this. But I found this remained unanswered, and I don't like to see any question is left unanswered. So I'll try to answer this in spite of my poor grammar knowledge. First of all I...

Hello again, MrP (IF I may I call you MrP). I think I understand now what you meant in the post I found confusing. You said: “...which implies that the subject of the <whosever/whose-ever> clause in the example is the same as the subject of the main clause. However, the subject of the...

I really need help with this grammar. It is pretty advanced. I hope you will take the time to review my question's. I know it's alot, but it is very important. I need to know the subject, the verb (whether it is an action or linking verb), the verbs compliment (Direct Object and Indirect Object...

That's an interesting thought, Paco. At first glance, I would guess that ditransitive French verbs had to take 'de' or 'à' or an indirect object pronoun, which means the structure differs slightly: 1. Il a vendu le vélo à MrP. 2. Il lui a vendu le vélo. (But maybe a French native speaker could...

In my dictionary the verb cook is transitive. I don’t know if I need to use a preposition between the “cook” and the pronoun. We are cooking to them a soup. We are cooking for them a soup. We are cooking them a soup. It sounds to me “We are cooking for them a soup” is the good answer, but I...

People do say "Peter and me went home." With all due respect, that sentence would be flagged as being incorrect. Children will often say that sentence as they continue to wrestle with the language. But most educated adults don't use that form. As you probably know, it should be written as...

What are the rules concerning forming simple, complex, and compound-complex sentences. Please Define; Direct Object, Indirect Object, Objective Pronouns, Perogative Nouns, Perogative Adjectives, and Apositive Pronouns.

Hello. I am a student learning grammar. I have a final and there are three things in dont understand. I do not get Appositives/Appositive Phrases, Predict pronouns/nouns/adjectives, and direct/indirect objects. Thank you!