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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...

Hi Everyone. Is there anyone who is able to analyse a sentence in terms of form and function down to word level? I'll give you an example of what I mean: The boys like the girls like = V:VP the boys = S:NP --> where 'the' = determiner and 'boys' = Head:Noun the girls = DO:NP -->...

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...

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...

I think we're agreed on "offering". I think "our" is acting as a determiner for "position". You may be right about the direct and indirect objects - I do sometimes get those the wrong way round. I think we're agreed on "hope". Rommie

Close. I = subject hope = INTRANSITIVE verb - requires no object (that) you appreciate our offering (you) this position = ADVERB clause Inside the adverb clause, that = preposition you appreciate our offering (you) this position = VERB clause Inside the verb clause you = subject appreciate =...