In Nouns^x, Adjuncts^x, Relative pronouns^x

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 ...

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...

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. ...

Hi, that's a cute name. Your analysis of the sentence is correct for the most part. "Next to it is" is the predicate of the sentence. The subject is the rest of the sentence, not just "a different sign". Are you familiar with "adjectival/relative clauses"? That's what you have after...

The concept of "embedded" clauses is sometimes hard to understand, and some pople confuse it with "subordinate" clauses. The difference is not always easy to see. The following will not be a "book" explanation, so hopefully it will be fairly easy to understand. Two types of dependent clauses...