In Definite articles^x, Possessives^x, Verbs^x

The word laugh is either a noun or a verb, never an adjective or adverb. If it follows a possessive pronoun (which could be substituted with the definite article) it must be a noun. Words with the "ly" suffix are adverbial.

SeekerOfPeace wrote: Hello everyone, I'm trying to practice my understanding of grammar. I'm trying to be as detailed as possible in my explanations. Is the following analysis right? Is there anything I should/could add to it? Thanks. The moment she entered 1 , the woman presented a sharp...

Hello everyone, I'm trying to practice my understanding of grammar. I'm trying to be as detailed as possible in my explanations. Is the following analysis right? Is there anything I should/could add to it? Thanks. The moment she entered 1 , the woman presented a sharp contrast to our shiny...

Oh Sleepy -I'm sorry, but it just too long to have the time to do this properly for you. Could you just pick out some bits that you are not sure about? Just having a really quick look through, it basically looks sound. Check out your verb tenses - I notice in the grandmother section you...

"Treasure Island" is one of the best known and most loved children’s adventure stories. PARTS OF SPEECH: 1 "Treasure Island"=proper noun (phrase), 2 is= copular verb, 3 of=preposition, 4 one=pronoun, 5 the=definite article, 6 best=adverb, 7 known=attributive adjective (past participle), 8...

Dear friends, Would you please have a look at the parsing below. I'm just picking up sentences and trying to analyse them for future exams. Treasure Island is one of the best known and most loved children ’s adventure stories. PARTS OF SPEECH: treasure = descriptive adj....

1) My little brother would not turn down the radio volume in the morning. MY = possessive adjective LITTLE = DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVE BROTHER = noun WOULD = modal auxiliary NOT = NEGATIVE PARTICLE TURN = main verb DOWN = adverb particle THE =...

Dear teachers, Would you please tell me if my analysis is correct ? 1) My little brother would not turn down the radio volume in the morning. MY = possessive adjective LITTLE = determinative adjective (quantifier) BROTHER = noun WOULD = modal auxiliary NOT = ?? TURN = main verb...

The woman is a TV reporter who is standing in the hotel elevator. There's nothing wrong with this sentence. "Detective: I'm looking for two suspects: one is a man; the other, a woman. Here are their photos. Have you seen them? Helpful Janitor: Sure. The man is an executive who is...

Hello everyone, I like to do sentence analyses, so if you could sometimes send us some exercises on the matter they will be very welcome. A/ Here is MY analysis: 1) She is so pretty a girl. a) parts of speech: she = nominative personal pronoun is = fintie verb so = adverb of...