By Indirect objects, Adjuncts

Hello.Relative clauses can only be (from a syntactic point of view) either post-modifiers of nouns/pronouns, or sentence modifiers. They are never objects; they don't modify verbs.What can be subjects or objects, WITHIN the relative clauses themselves, are the relative pronouns used (who,...

core arguments = required arguments external argument = subject internal argument can be: direct object, indirect object, prep phrase (internal arguments = complements) oblique arguments = optional arguments (oblique arguments =...

Hela wrote: Thanks to all of you. and have a nice week. Hello Once more 1) A day will come when you no longer remember my face. when you will no longer remember my face = temporal adjunct -- describes the action, not the noun (day), not an adjectival clause (not relative...

Which is the correct answer regarding the syntactic analysis of the following sentence: Nothing could prevent him from climbing that dangerous peak. 1 Subject, Predicate, Direct Object, Prepositional Object, Direct Object 2 Subject, Predicate, Indirect Object, Prepositional Object, Direct...

Hello, Hela. Your analysis of the first sentence (I gave my sister a cat for her birthday) is correct. I'd be happy with calling the prepositional phrase "for her birthday" an adjunct (adverbial) of time, though some more accurate label may exist. It's true that R. Quirk does not consider the...

Hello Roro OED says about the etymology of "cost" as follows. a. OF. coster, couster (mod. coûter) = Pr. and Sp. costar, Pg. custar, It. costare:—L. constôre to stand together, stand firm, abide, be settled or fixed, stand at a price, cost, f. con- together + stôre to stand. The construction...