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Anaylsis of the large structure: Independent clause #1 : I can not tell you that, mate, Conjunction joining two independent clauses: but Independent clause #2: what I can tell you is that it was one day before my birthday __ Anaylsis of Ind. Clause #2: Subject: what I can tell you Verb:...

"Sandra lived with eight family members in a small apartment." You can't have a Direct Object within a prepositional phrase. Right? So that means "lived" is an intransitive verb ( cause they don't take Direct Objects), because "with" follows it, and...

. Yes, that seems fine, Melissa. Direct Object : The dog chewed the bone. Object of Prepostion : The meat on the bone was almost gone. Predicate Nominative : The best part of a pork chop is the bone . .

Hello. I'm in 8th grade and am homeschooled. In my English class, I have recently been learning about diagraming subjects, appositives, direct objects, object of prepostitions, and predicate nominatives. It would be easy, if I was still understanding the major parts. So I've been doing...

I thought it was a "conjunction", is it not? Here is the text, a text that shows "noun infinitives" used in different ways, in which "but" is catagorized as a preposition: The noun infinitive can be a subject (To eat is fun.); a direct object (I like...

"Scurvy , a vitamin C deficiency, makes people weak and sore ." Scurvy is the subject, because it is the thing which "makes people weak and sore." People is the direct object, because it is what scurvy is affecting, direct objects usually follow verbs. Weak and sore are...

"Scurvy , a vitamin C deficiency, makes people weak and sore ." Scurvy is the subject, because it is the thing which "makes people weak and sore." People is the direct object, because it is what scurvy is affecting, direct objects usually follow verbs. Weak and sore are...

"To" is not a preposition here. It's part of the infinitive form of the verb, "to introduce." "To introduce you to Paul" is an infinitive phrase acting as a noun, not a prepositional phrase. Best wishes, - A.

I have to identify the verbal phrases (and verbals) and for participles determine whether they are present, past, or irregular. For gerunds whether they are subjects, direct objects, predicate nominatives, or objects of prepositions. And finally for infinitives determine whether they are nouns,...

ok the phrase : Also remember that predicate nominatives/adjectives are only for linking verbs and action verbs are followed by direct/indirect objects is what i needed to hear 4 hours ago..lol.. thank you so very much i am correcting my sons 6th grade home work and really got lost do to it had...