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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,...

I've never heard of a pro-adjunct, but I've heard of a fused relative, so I would have called it a fused relative. The reason that he erupted in rage = Why he erupted in rage Why is the fusion of the reason and that . (that is a relative pronoun.) The analogous structure is ...

1) Identify arguments and adjuncts in the following sentences. Discuss problematic examples. Short explanation to my answers: The important verb is written in bold letters, the selected arguments are underlined. An adjunct is written in italics. Theta...

Sorry, I have to eat humble pie. Tell me when you will arrive. when you will arrive is a nominal relative clause acting as the direct object of the verb: tell . A relative pronoun can be replaced by an adjunct form for time: when. Its use along with its antencedent some find...

1-- The parentheses are unnecessary; the clause contained is a nominal clause acting as an adjective modifying girl . 2-- That is a relative pronoun referring to girl ; it could be replaced by who(m) . 3-- Draw little lines separating the various parts (subject, verb, object, adjuncts) into...

Eating a hearty breakfast , we prepared for our long journey. Why is the underlined part of the sentence a participle phrase? 'eating' is a non-finite verb, not a gerund, but the whole phrase may be considered as a verbal noun (gerund phrase), not a verbal adjective (participle...

As far as I can determine, ablative absolute applies to Latin, not English: ' In Latin grammar, an adverbial phrase syntactically independent from the rest of the sentence and containing a noun or pronoun plus an adjunct, usually a participle or adjective, with both elements in the ablative...

Hello Casi Thank you for the detailed explanation. I think I got finally what you are saying. Please let me try to rephrase with my words what you are saying and please check if it is right. She By the way is it true we can never say "his it"?

Say the right words in the right order. Make subjects and verbs agree in number. Use the correct case for all pronouns. Add "ed" to form the past tense. Add "s" to form plurals. Add "'s" to form possessives. Invert subject and verb in a question. Don't use a countable singular noun without...

I guess if you don't know the verb at all, you're stuck, Lana. There are no prescriptive rules, only guidelines. Greenbaum & Quirk list five differences: (1) The particle of a prepositional verb must precede the object, but the particle of a phrasal verb can either precede or follow the d.o. ...