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1 Where are you I ve been waiting for 2 hours2 I needn t have brought that milkI subjectneed have bought verb present perfect tense modal form need is the auxiliary buy is the main verb bought is the past participle not adverb that demonstrative pronoun refering to milkmilk noun object of the...

Categories or Parts of Speech he pronoun he noun phrase NP is verb a article nice adjective person noun a nice person noun phrase NP is a nice person verb phrase VP These designations come from a system of analysis called transformational grammar Functions he subject is copula a determiner nice...

Briefly and reasonably accurately the direct object receives the action of the verb while the indirect object receives the benefit of the action I bought my wife a new can opener I Subjectbought Verbmy wife Indirect object I didn t buy my wife I bought a can opener but she receives the benefit of...

What is the word sucks in Homework sucks Is it a verb or an adjective If it is a verb what does homework suck This brings up an excellent point and a wonderful opportunity to discover the beautiful syntactic structure of the English language The question at hand is Does an English verb need to...