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Generally speaking, the subject of a sentence, where the subject is the agent of the action of the sentence, is the "external argument". Other noun phrase arguments of the sentences (particularly the direct object, also called the accusative) are referred to as the "internal arguments". ...

Hello Jussive Jussive wrote: To my mind, 'six' is an adjective which modifies the noun 'feet', even though they are being used together as an adverbial to modify the adjective 'tall'. If this is your analysis, I don't think our thoughts are different. First of all we have to recognize that a...

Hi I understand "anytime" is a word proper to AmE. In OED, there is no entry for "anytime". OED contains 466 quotes using "any time" but only 9 quotes using "anytime". I believe the most formal expression in BrE is "Call me at any time". But "Call me any time" is also possible. In English, time...

Many English nouns and noun phrases can be used as adverbs. They are called "adverbial objectives". From the standpoint of word order, an adverbial objective is put as if it were an objective of a verb, but actually it works as an adverbial modifier of the verb. This sort of constructs comes from...

Hello hela 1) The representative told the press a lie out of fear of retribution. As for this one, I think your analysis is perfect. 2) . Yes, "walked" is an intransitive verb. "Five miles" works here as an adverbial phrase. These kind of noun phrases are called as "adverbial...