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Re: Simple subject/Simple predicate

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:13:34 GMT

SomeDude74 wrote:
Ok I decide I'd just try to get this whole section corrected I put the example sentence, with my answers in parantheses. (Simple subject, Simple predicate)

Mr. Watson is a great football coach. (Mr. Watson, is)

The entrie calss enjoyed the field trip. (Class, enjoyed)

Your argument does not make sense. (argument, does)

The water in the tub was hot. (water, was)

His boss gave him a raise. (boss, gave)

My brilliant friend won the contest. (friend, won)

We baked a delicious chocolate cake. (we, baked)

Mother and I cleaned the house for the holidays (I, cleaned)

Farmers grow corn and wheat. (farmers, grow)

The faculty planeed a school picnic. (faculty, planned)

Philadelphia is in Pennsylvania. (Philadelphia, is)

Frisky squirrels climb trees. (squirrels, climb)

He writes plays. (writes, plays)

Fish swim. (fish, swim)

Re: Simple subject/Simple predicate

SomeDude74 — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 06:36:38 GMT

Ok I decide I'd just try to get this whole section corrected I put the example sentence, with my answers in parantheses. (Simple subject, Simple predicate)

Mr. Watson is a great football coach. (Mr. Watson, is)

The entrie calss enjoyed the field trip. (Class, enjoyed)

Your argument does not make sense. (argument, does)

The water in the tub was hot. (water, was)

His boss gave him a raise. (boss, gave)

My brilliant friend won the contest. (friend, won)

We baked a delicious chocolate cake. (we, baked)

Mother and I cleaned the house for the holidays (I, cleaned)

Farmers grow corn and wheat. (farmers, grow)

The faculty planeed a school picnic. (faculty, planned)

Philadelphia is in Pennsylvania. (Philadelphia, is)

Frisky squirrels climb trees. (squirrels, climb)

He writes plays. (writes, plays)

Fish swim. (fish, swim)

Re: tense or mode/complement

MrPedantic — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 15:31:27 GMT

Hello Anon

The "subject complement" is a word or phrase that tells us more about the subject, e.g.

1. MrQ is a very strange fellow.

2. Juventus are top of the Italian football league.

The underlined portion tells us more about MrQ in the first example, and Juventus in the second.

Your examples aren't subject complements â they're statements (in the declarative mood). You could call the underlined portion a predicate, however, e.g. in your first sentence:

3. John bought the tickets.

MrP

Re: Phrases (Appositives and Participial)

camilus — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 16:20:56 GMT

Mirapence, your help is just priceless!!! I'm really sorry for having given you so much labour; I defiinitely overdid. I am, however, very thankful for your explanation. After this "injection of knowledge" you gave me, I decided go on phrases and hope to get through them with your help.

I Phrases Classification

Last night I put my shoulder to the wheel and studied those phrases deeply. After some analysis I finally arrived at some conclusions; nonetheless, I'm conscious of the fact that what you find below is nothing but a pile of rubbish. Could you please comment on that then?

As far as I know phrases classification depends on how we treat them. If we take phrases as the group of releated words that lack both subject and predicate, accordingly, during our classification Noun and Verb Phrases shall not be taken into account.

Taking the heed of all pros and cons I came to the following classifications:

1. Phrase hasn't got both subject and verb

a) Participial Phrase
b) Preopsitional Phrase (included Adverb and Adjective Phrases)
c) Gerund Phrase
d) Appositive Phrase

2. Phrase has got subject, but it lacks verb

a) Participial Phrase
b) Preopsitional Phrase (included Adverb and Adjective Phrases)
c) Gerund Phrase
d) Appositive Phrase
e) Noun Phrase

3. Phrase has got verb, but it lacks subject

a) Participial Phrase
b) Preopsitional Phrase (included Adverb and Adjective Phrases)
c) Gerund Phrase
d) Appositive Phrase
e) Verb Phrase
f) Infinitive Phrase

I've also found something called Absolute Phrase, but I don't know yet how it works. Please bear with me, but as to what you wrote Gerund Phrase may act as a Noun Phrase, right?

II Others

Mirapence, I see you're a man who knows: what, where, when, and how. Could you give me a list of books that you consider to be helpful and essential to prepare for CAE/CPE exams. Publications regarding English grammar; English speaking country culture, history, politics; and things like phrases and clauses would also be welcomed.

Thank you very much in advance.
Best regards

P.S. "Footballer" is a British English word for soccer or football player. Since football isn't popular sport in the USA (from which you're descended), this may sound strange to you. If you find that I gave too much to explain, don't exert yourself and answer some things later or divide in a way comfortable for you.