Search results for 'tag:Adverbs tag:Indirect objects' matching tags 'Adverbs' and 'Indirect objects'

Re: Passives (Like & Love) "-"- Subject & Object

Mister Micawber — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:02:07 GMT

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John likes pizza.
Pizza is liked by John.

There is no object in the second sentence. The subject of the passive sentence (pizza) is the object of its active equivalent. By John is an adverb. John is the agent in both sentences.

Of course, some passive sentences can have objects:

John gave Mary a pizza.-- John is subject and agent, pizza is direct object, Mary is indirect object.
Mary was given pizza by John.-- Mary is subject, pizza is object, by John is adverb and agent.

grammar learning

Raen — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:57:10 GMT

II'd be one to admit grammar is never my strong suit but I'm always eager to learn.

I've read thoroughly the thread titled "grammar exercise" regarding noun clause/subordinate clause used as adjective, adverb, indirect object and so forth. I really had to strain my brain to understand it all and I have tons of questions to ask under the same thread but felt that it was not my place to post my questions there.

I just have a few questions to start off:

Using the example I'm giving below, could somebody identify indirect object for me? and likewise, is there such a thing as "direct object" then?

"She gave the clerk 50 dollars."

Thank you

Raen

Verbs

ganesh77 — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:38:41 GMT

The list isn't meant to be exhaustive or carefully arranged. Any additions, corrections or further examples would be welcomed.

1 main verbs; lexical verbs (all verbs which are not auxiliaries or modals)

2 action verbs; event verbs; dynamic verbs (a verb which can be used in continuous tenses) i.e. eat, run, talk

3 state of being verbs; existence verbs; state verbs; stative verbs; static verbs (a verb which describes a state and is not usually used in a continuous tense) i.e. be, own, know

4 regular verbs (a verb that has four forms and follows the normal rules)

5 irregular verbs; strong verbs (a verb not following the normal rules for inflection)

6 auxiliary and modal verbs (which make up verbal phrases) â 23 in total

7 linking verbs; copulative verbs; copulas (a verb which links the subject and complement of a clause) i.e. It is warm today.

8 transitive verbs (a verb used to talk about an action or event that involves more than one person or thing, and so is followed by an object) i.e. Sheâs wasting her money.

9 intransitive verbs (a verb used to talk about an action or event that only involved the subject and so has no object) i.e. She arrived.

10 multiword verbs

a type 1 â intransitive [phrasal verbs; adverb particle

b type 2 â transitive (inseparable) [prepositional verbs; preposition particles]

c type 3 â transitive (separable) [phrasal verbs; adverb particle]

d type 4 â transitive (with two inseparable particles) [phrasal-prepositional verbs; first particle is an adverb, second particle is a preposition]

11 compound verbs

12 delexical verbs (a verb which has very little meaning in itself but is used with an object to describe an action) i.e. She gave a small cry.

13 ditransitive verbs (a verb which can have both a direct and indirect object) i.e. She gave me a kiss.

14 ergative verbs (a verb which can be used transitively to focus on the performer of the action, or intransitively to focus on the thing affected by the action) i.e. He boiled the water. The water boiled.

15 reporting verbs; performance verbs; performative verbs (a verb used with a quote or a reported clause to describe what people say or think) i.e. suggest, say, wonder

16 reciprocal verbs (a verb which describes an action involving two people doing the same thing to each other) i.e. They met in the street.

17 reflexive verbs (a verb which is typically used with a reflexive pronoun) i.e. Donât cut yourself with that knife.

18 defective verbs (a verb without all the inflected forms of a regular verb) i.e. modals

19 finite and non-finite

a infinitives

b gerunds; verbal nouns

c participles

20 catenative verbs (a verb that takes other verb forms as objects; found at the head of a series of linked constructions) i.e. We agreed to try to decide to stop eating snacks.

21 causative verbs (a verb that designates the action necessary to cause another action to happen) i.e. The devil made me do it.

Re: direct object indirect object object of a preposition help me! plz

ClarkePeters — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:12:39 GMT

This post is a little dated but since I've been working with my students on this very topic I thought I'd post.

First, you can't understand what the "object of the preposition" is if you don't first know how to identify prepositions. So you need to find a list (google "list prepositions English" or "frequency list prepositions English") and you should get plenty of lists. Depending on which list you go by, there are from 80 to 130 or so prepositions. Most are not used too often, so I'd get a frequency list and try to learn the first 50 or so.   That may sound like a lot of words, but compared to the number of words in Webster's 500,000 word dictionary, that's really very few words--and they are SO IMPORTANT to understanding sentence structure. If you don't want to memorize, no problem, just keep a list with you at all times.

When you come across a word from the list, check to see if it has an object by asking "what" after the preposition.
              John called about the party.
              about what? the party,
              so "party" or "the party" if you include the article, is the object of the preposition.

Be careful, prepositions sometimes act as adverbs.
John got up and went to the kitchen.
up what? ---ummmm, no answer, there is NO object, so "up" is an adverb to "got"

as for DO, ask "what" after the verb.

John made a cake.
John made what? a cake
DO is cake

as for IO, ask "to whom/what?" or "for whom/what?" after the DO
John made Mary a cake.
John made what? a cake
DO is cake
a cake for whom? for Mary
IO is Mary.

The following sentences are exactly the same in meaning! (except maybe in emphasis)

John made Mary a cake.         common usage
John made for Mary a cake.   NOT common usage, but technically
                                                  correct, sometimes used for emphasis
John made a cake for Mary.    common usage

same with "to"
John gave Mary a cake.
John gave to Mary a cake.   NOT common usage
John gave a cake to Mary.

some grammarians will say that an IO can ONLY be between the verb and DO.
Other linguists say functionally there is no difference, so it is OK to say that "to Mary" or "for Mary" is the IO. However, others will argue that they are adverbials answering the question where (to) or why (for) about the verb (made why? for Mary    gave where? to Mary).
How one describes it is not important, as they all function the same.

Re: ...wrote her a poem quickly

Clive — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:11:44 GMT

Hi,

I wrote her a poem quickly, and then left the building.

I read that you should place an adverb of manner after the direct object. In the sentence above, is 'her a poem' considered the direct object of wrote? 'Poem' is the direct object. It is what I wrote. 'Her' (ie 'for her') is the indirect object.

If so, is the placement of 'quickly' correct? It's fine.

Clive

Re: what functional name?

Avangi — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:54:05 GMT

Hi, Anon,

I should probably keep out of this. I don't think they used the expression "complement" when I was in school. The type of action the verb describes often limits its function.

Transitive verbs take objects. "She hit him."

Intransitive verbs don't. "She matured."

Some verbs can be both. "She studied." (intransitive)

"She studied hard." (intransistive with adverb modifying verb)

"She studied until midnight." (intransitive with prepositional phrase modifying verb)

"She studied algebra." (transitive, with object of the verb)

"Verbs of being" "She is a model." (predicate nominative)

"She is beautiful." (predicate adjective)

Active "I permitted him to play." (infinitive is object of the verb, "him" is indirect object)

Passive "He was permitted to play" ("He" becomes the subject; the infinitive is still the direct object)

Intransitive "I felt sick to my stomach." ("sick" is an adverb modifying the intransitive verb "felt" ; the infinitive is an adverbial phrase modifying the adverb "sick")

"He felt inclined to argue with his brother." (ditto, plus a prepositional phrase modifying the infinitive)

Re: please help me

Goodman — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:46:54 GMT

Redhab wrote:

hello every one

i want you to help me

i want sentences about the types of sentence structure

make sentences about this rules:

1- S+ v (stative) + intensive + adverb of place .

2- S+ v (stative) + intensive+ Cs

3- S+ v( stative)+ extensive and transitive+ direct object .

4- S+ v(dynamic ) + intensive+Cs

5- S+v(dynamic)+extensive and transative (mono transtive)+direct object

6- S+v(dynamic) +extensive and transative+ indirect object +direct object

7- S+v( dynamic) +extensive and complex transtive+direct object+ object complement .

8- S+v(dynamic) +extensive and intransative+ adverb of place

please i want you to help me because i have Examination

Hi Redhab,

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please help me

Redhab — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:07:12 GMT

hello every one

i want you to help me

i want sentences about the types of sentence structure

make sentences about this rules:

1- S+ v (stative) + intensive + adverb of place .

2- S+ v (stative) + intensive+ Cs

3- S+ v( stative)+ extensive and transitive+ direct object .

4- S+ v(dynamic ) + intensive+Cs

5- S+v(dynamic)+extensive and transative (mono transtive)+direct object

6- S+v(dynamic) +extensive and transative+ indirect object +direct object

7- S+v( dynamic) +extensive and complex transtive+direct object+ object complement .

8- S+v(dynamic) +extensive and intransative+ adverb of place

please i want you to help me because i have Examination

Re: Subordinate Clauses

CalifJim — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:35:33 GMT

1. The report that the island is under water is very misleading.

âthat the island is under waterâ â noun clause functioning as restrictive appositive to subject "report" -- not adjective clause

2. We offered whoever told the truth clemency.

âwhoever told the truthâ â noun clause functioning as indirect object - Yes.

3. Her idea that I hire you was a very good one.

âthat I hire youâ â noun clause functioning as restrictive appositive to subject "idea"-- not adjective clause

4. It is unfortunate that Mr. Jones will not return.

âthat Mr. Jones will not returnâ â NEITHER adjective clause ... NOR adverb clause ... -- noun clause - subject of the underlying That Mr. Jones will not return is unfortunate, to which "it-fronting" has been applied. (A cleft version would be It is that Mr. Jones will not return that is unfortunate.)

Subordinate Clauses

Txvagabond — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:47:41 GMT

I was helping a friend with her TOEFL exercises, and there are a few sentences I wasn't able to do. Please help me identify:
1. The subordinate clause
2. The type of subordinate clause (noun, adjective, adverb)
3. The function of the subordinate clause

I'll include my thoughts on each sentence as well. Thanks in advance.

1. The report that the island is under water is very misleading.

âthat the island is under waterâ â EITHER noun clause functioning as restrictive appositive to subject "report" OR adjective clause modifying noun âreportâ

2. We offered whoever told the truth clemency.

âwhoever told the truthâ â noun clause functioning as indirect object

3. Her idea that I hire you was a very good one.

âthat I hire youâ â EITHER noun clause functioning as restrictive appositive to subject "idea" OR adjective clause modifying noun âideaâ

4. It is unfortunate that Mr. Jones will not return.

âthat Mr. Jones will not returnâ â EITHER adjective clause modifying pronoun âitâ OR adverb clause modifying adjective "unfortunate"