At times it has been frustrating living in the shadow of Victoria to the point that you want them to have a fight. Analysis of athe above sentence: -- Noun phrase = At times, it At times = form:Prepositional phrase Function:adverbial

A finite clause has a finite verb (the normal kind of verb in past, present, future, etc, which we use to make complete sentences). A nonfinite clause has a nonfinite verb: that is, (1) just a participle ( -ed, -ing ) without a helping verb; (2)

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

Hi, "Before long they found the path; it was hidden in the underbrush." The key says that "was hidden" in the second clause is a helping verb and a main verb. It seems to me that "was" is a linking verb, and in this context "hidden" is an

My 6th grade text has this sentence: "Before long they found the path; it was hidden in the underbrush." The key says that "was hidden" in the second clause is a helping verb and a main verb. It seems to me that "was" is a linking verb, and in

Could someone tell me if my analysis of the following sentences are correct? I'd very much appreciate your help!!! 1. ... } subj asked verb that it..imposed >adjective clause with the relative pronoun 'that' rather..says adverb

In former times, questions were built by a so called 'inversion', that means Subject and Verb of the actual sentence changed positions: Examples: You like tea. -----> Question: Like you tea? He likes tea. -----> Question: Likes he tea?

The problem here is the word order: In a usual sentence (main clause or subordinate clause), the word order is Subject -Predicate -Object (O): "He told me where you are." Even in an interrogative clauses, this word order remains: "Can you(S)

Hi Roy, thanks for joining us! Of course, this sentences have different meanings - but nevertheless the 2nd one is inversed. (Subject and verb change positions). Actually it's a poor example to show what I was actually referring to. Just