Dear friend, passivization is impossible in some instances. The example you refer to features a to-infinitive clause as a direct object, and in this case passive becomes unacceptable: *To eat mango is wanted by him. Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff

Greetings, Tina, Mister Micawber's answers are completely relevant, but let me make some additional remarks: 1. A time of prosperity and peace - is a noun phrase you analysed absolutely correctly. In general, noun phrases may have the

Dear friends, just a tiny remark. ...for some jerk to catch me carrying this thing around and get the wrong idea is a to-infinitive clause. It is the subject predicative in the given sentence: All I need is f or some jerk to catch me

I don't want to be a pain in the neck but I am doing English Grammar II at the teacher training school and we are analyzing sentences. Since I am practising on my own I have come across many doubts. My doubt has to do with the verb

Dear Walter, thank you for this interesting question. First of all, blurred should be analysed in connection with being since being blurred is a non-finite complex verb phrase. The meaning of this part of the sentence is obviously passive;

I am not sure I follow your train of thought. A passive clause presupposes an active clause with a direct object. So if 'all parties are agreed' is passive, then 'all parties' must be the object of the corresponding active clause.

No one - subject said - verb that it would be easy - direct object The verb and direct object together form the predicate. The direct object is itself a subordinate clause: it - subject would be - verb easy - predicate adjective The verb and

There are three things to do. 1. Read 2. Read 3. Read When you come to a particularly long sentence, look for the commas and try to figure out what the simple subject and simple verb are, and then the direct object, if there is one.

Hello, We don't split verb phrases like "must have been sleeping" because the whole phrase is acting together as the verb. (But, in this example, you could choose to see "sleeping" as a gerund acting as the predicate noun

Hi Elizabeth Re: 'He asked her to dance'. That was a great reply to something that I too was unsure about. If I understand you correctly, that example is analysed as: 'He - asked - ' i.e. S-V- , where O is an