In Noun phrases^x, Direct objects^x

A phone conversation:A: I hope...(trails off)B: What do you hope?A: I hope to see you soon! B did not say "How do you hope?" B said "What do you hope?" It requires an object - it's not an intransitive verb in this case. So the infinitive is a noun phrase, and is the...

Raen, at times like this I realize just how poorly I chose my nickname here. What goes from one person to the other is the DIRECT object. The $50. The person who receives the direct object is the INDIRECT object. The clerk. I sent a letter to my sister. The letter is the DO, and my sister is...

Anonymous wrote:1. The news that he won surprised us all. (Noun clause?)2. The news which we received last month was unbelievable.3. It is a fact that the earth is round.4. The fact that the earth is round is weel well-known. Hi Sothy Sin, #1 and #2 relative pronoun clauses are of adjectival...

It -- Swill make-- Vthem-- DOwise-- Object ComplementThe topic of complements is a broad and complex one, but here is a good basic introduction from an on-line source:Complement A complement is used with verbs like be, seem, look etc. Complements give more information about the...

Categories or Parts of Speech he - pronoun he - noun phrase (NP)* is - verb a - article nice - adjective person - noun a nice person - noun phrase (NP)* is a nice person - verb phrase (VP)* *These designations come from a system of analysis called 'transformational...

the right to keep a secret - noun phrase; subject. to keep a secret - infinitive and its direct object used adjectivally with the right. I interpret it as: Her privacy being indispensable to her, the right to keep a secret does not matter to me. = Since her privacy is indispensable to...

Could you give the book to Mike for me?" the book = direct object,yes Mike = indirect object,yes me = oblique object I haven't heard of it before.Correct?in "Mike gave the book to me" the book = direct object, me = indirect object, right? Yes.however,...

Can a clause have three different objects?"Could you give the book to Mike for me?" the book = direct object, Mike = indirect object, me = oblique objectCorrect?in "Mike gave the book to me" the book = direct object, me = indirect object, right?however,...

User_gary wrote: Philip wrote: User_gary wrote: I am eating oranges everyday in the morning. Here `eating' is adjective (i.e. past participle) or noun (i.e. Gerund)? What you have is the present continuous tense.....and it really should be "I eat oranges every day....." OK, Thank...

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...