By Modals, Noun phrases

CalifJim wrote:I - pronoun subjectam - linking verballowed - predicate adjectiveto ride - infinitive complement of allowedthe roller coaster - noun phrase object of rideAlternately, depending on the analytical technique you are using, the sentence is derived by transformations of the underlying...

I - pronoun subject am - linking verb allowed - predicate adjective to ride - infinitive complement of allowed the roller coaster - noun phrase object of ride Alternately, depending on the analytical technique you are using, the sentence is derived by transformations of the underlying...

I have a sentence that I am trying to label parts of speech, but having some difficulty.The sentence is: I am allowed to ride the roller coaster I know that 'am allowed to' is a substitute for the modal verb 'may' as in: I may ride the roller coaster In the second example, I have 'I' as the...

Goodman wrote: In this passage,".....that I am the only one who still have a little stubbornness .....", it takes the 1st and 2nd person rule and thus "have " is the correct modal to use. Unless I have wrong all along Hi, In my opinion, the complete subject of "have" is the noun phrase "...

CalifJim wrote:If a student points to some construction and asks me if it's the subjunctive or not, I can't reply, 'No, it's a monkey!'Now there you are wrong! You are the teacher and can say any dang thing you want! In fact a smart retort like that might go a long way toward making your...

deleted by an obligatory deletion transform. Will this work on the clutter in my living room? Don't we all wish!!! LOL Part of the problem, as Paco has aptly observed, is the problem of finding the missing (deleted) subject of a dependent clause, the infinitive clause "to be ... cleverer...

Summarising: Three ways of looking at it. Extracts from the Geoffrey Leech article, " />English Grammar in Conversation. View 1: Spoken English has no grammar at all: it is grammatically inchoate. (That view) ...does not need to be taken seriously, although it is surprisingly persistent in the...

Hello K.O. That looks good - here's a little more detail: Clause 1 We - subject were spared - passive voice, past tense the storm's fury - noun phrase, object (the storm's - possessive; fury - direct object) Clause 2 but - coordinating conjunction now - adverb are having - modal verb,...

Hello, Nobody replied to my previous post, but I hope someone will for this one 1) The representative told the press a lie out of fear of retribution. Parts of speech: The = definite article Representative = noun Told = ditransitive verb Press = noun A = indefinite article Lie = noun Out...