http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aNouns+tag%3aAdverbs+tag%3aAuxiliariesSearch results for 'tag:Nouns tag:Adverbs tag:Auxiliaries' matching tags 'Nouns', 'Adverbs', and 'Auxiliaries'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseCorrectThisSentence/hgmqn/post.htm#617878Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:45:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:617878eddie88Oh cool thanks Yes the questions are from another forum from people who are asking these questions and if I can t answer them I get help from you I love understanding this kind of stuff I m fine with answering punctuation questions but you provide me with great answers for these types of questions I have one question from this It has been frustrating Frustrating is a verbal functioning as a noun gerund or participle It seems like a participle as it is functioning as an object however an adjective exist here as a predicate adjective So I decided that it is a gerund My question is since a verbal is technically not a verb does it become a verb when it is has one or more auxiliary verbs preceding it I ask this because you wrote it like this Living in the shadow of Victoria has been frustrating you to the point You make it a part of the verb chain and make YOU the object At times it has been frustrating living in the shadow of Victoria to the point that you want them to have a fight It non referential it acting as subjecthas been frustrating verb phrase assuming the verbal is in fact a part of the verb phrase living in the shadow present particple noun phrase acting as the other subjectto the point prep phrase acting as ADVERB that you want them to fight relative clause Is this correcct Thanks so much for your help http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseCorrectThisSentence/hzqnz/post.htmThu, 18 Dec 2008 12:22:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:614062eddie88At times it has been frustrating living in the shadow of Victoria to the point that you want them to have a fight Analysis of athe above sentence Noun phrase At times it At times form Prepositional phrase Function adverbial phrase pre modifierit form noun phrase Function subjectVerb phrase has been frustrating living in the shadow of Victoria to the point that you want them to have a fight has been form verb phrase Function helping verbs auxiliary verbs past tensefrustrating form participle phrase Function subject complement adjective living in the shadow of Victoria form gerund phrase Function in apposition to subject complement frustrating to the point that you want them to have a fight form noun clause that clause Function apposition to frustrating frustrating to the point form prepositional phrase function adverb How much of this is correct Assuming I am right that frustrating is the complement I had trouble establishing if it were a gerund or participle I think it is an adjective complement predicate adjective so i went with participle I am not sure if the rest of the sentence was a compound appositive or not If you could help fix my mistakes etc it would be great Thanks so much http://www.englishforums.com/English/TwoQestionsAboutClauses/hzlkh/post.htm#612568Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:55:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:612568eddie88There are a series of conflicts that run throughout this story the most important being Trujillo s abuse of his dictatorship over the country an external conflict between Trujillo and society There are a series of conflicts main clausethere pronoun non referential or existential there are auxiliary verb or helping verb verb to be present tensea indefinite article determiner pre modifierseries nounof conflicts prepositional phraseof prepositionconflicts noun objectthat run throughout this story relative clausethat relative pronoun subjectrun finite verbthroughout this story adverbial phrasethroughout adverb modifyig the verb run this demonstrative pronoun determinerstory object of verb run Could you fix this please if it is incorrect That is what I can do I ll try figure out the rest Thankshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedWeSayMore/gqqln/post.htmThu, 06 Nov 2008 15:01:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:584558jackson6612I believe the given sentences mean the same 1 Do we need to say more 2 Need we say more Do is a question adverb Correct Need can function in different capacities as noun verb and auxiliary verb In the second sentence it is used as an auxiliary verb e g We need say more means we are under obligation to say more To change the sentence into interrogative one need is to be placed at the beginning of the sentence just as should and will Is what I say above correct Would you like to add more explanation http://www.englishforums.com/English/CouldntGrinning/gppmh/post.htm#579367Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:27:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:579367alpheccastarsLaughing is when you are making noise ha ha ha haGrinning is a big smile no noise Parsing I could not stop laughing I subjectcould modal auxiliary verbnot adverb stop infinitive main verb with modal could laughing grinning gerund present participle of verb laugh grin used as a noun the direct object of the verb stop I could not stop the car car is direct object of stop Hope this helps http://www.englishforums.com/English/Form/gpknj/post.htm#577941Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:36:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:577941alpheccastars1 Where are you I ve been waiting for 2 hours2 I needn t have brought that milkI subjectneed have bought verb present perfect tense modal form need is the auxiliary buy is the main verb bought is the past participle not adverb that demonstrative pronoun refering to milkmilk noun object of the verb buy3 He played truantHe subjectplay verb simple past tensetruant predicate noun To be precise I would have to look in a dictionary to see if play is transitive or intransitive in this case 4 I stopped to give my friend a lift I subjectstopped verb simple pastto give my friend a lift infinitive phrase adverb modifying stop to give is the infinitive head of the phrasemy friend my is personal pronoun modifying freind friend noun indirect object of the verbal give a lift a article modifyinglift Lift is noun direct object of the verbal give 5 I stopped giving my friend a liftI subjectstopped verb simple pastgiving my friend a lift gerund phrase direct object of verb stop giving is the gerund head of the phraseThe other teachers can critique this analysis http://www.englishforums.com/English/NotNeitherNor/3/gxjhl/Post.htm#572639Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:09:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:572639anonymousWhen looking up tricky constructions or words one can often go to the dictionary to view its proper usage For example www dictionary com shows this definition and usage note for nor 1 used in negative phrases esp after neither to introduce the second member in a series or any subsequent member Neither he nor I will be there They won t wait for you nor for me nor for anybody 2 used to continue the force of a negative as not no never etc occurring in a preceding clause He left and I never saw him again nor did I regret it So Usage Note When using neither in a balanced construction that negates two parts of a sentence nor not or must be used in the second clause She is neither able nor not or willing to go Similarly when negating the second of two negative independent clauses nor not or must be used He cannot find anyone now nor does he expect to find anyone in the future Jane will never compromise with Bill nor will Bill compromise with Jane Note that in these constructions nor causes an inversion of the auxiliary verb and the subject does he will Bill However when a verb is negated by not or never and is followed by a verb phrase that is also to be negated but not an entire clause either or or nor can be used He will not permit the change or or nor even consider it In noun phrases of the type no this or that or is actually more common than nor He has no experience or interest less frequently nor interest in chemistry Or is also more common than nor when such a noun phrase adjective phrase or adverb phrase is introduced by not He is not a philosopher or a statesman They were not rich or happy So or is more common than nor but nor is still acceptable even if it sounds weird It further becomes clear that not nor is acceptable when you look at the definition of neither which is a conjunction for not either http://www.englishforums.com/English/Verbs/zxkld/post.htmSun, 16 Mar 2008 09:38:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:489467ganesh77The list isn t meant to be exhaustive or carefully arranged Any additions corrections or further examples would be welcomed 1 main verbs lexical verbs all verbs which are not auxiliaries or modals 2 action verbs event verbs dynamic verbs a verb which can be used in continuous tenses i e eat run talk 3 state of being verbs existence verbs state verbs stative verbs static verbs a verb which describes a state and is not usually used in a continuous tense i e be own know 4 regular verbs a verb that has four forms and follows the normal rules 5 irregular verbs strong verbs a verb not following the normal rules for inflection 6 auxiliary and modal verbs which make up verbal phrases 23 in total 7 linking verbs copulative verbs copulas a verb which links the subject and complement of a clause i e It is warm today 8 transitive verbs a verb used to talk about an action or event that involves more than one person or thing and so is followed by an object i e She s wasting her money 9 intransitive verbs a verb used to talk about an action or event that only involved the subject and so has no object i e She arrived 10 multiword verbsa type 1 intransitive phrasal verbs adverb particleb type 2 transitive inseparable prepositional verbs preposition particles c type 3 transitive separable phrasal verbs adverb particle d type 4 transitive with two inseparable particles phrasal prepositional verbs first particle is an adverb second particle is a preposition 11 compound verbs 12 delexical verbs a verb which has very little meaning in itself but is used with an object to describe an action i e She gave a small cry 13 ditransitive verbs a verb which can have both a direct and indirect object i e She gave me a kiss 14 ergative verbs a verb which can be used transitively to focus on the performer of the action or intransitively to focus on the thing affected by the action i e He boiled the water The water boiled 15 reporting verbs performance verbs performative verbs a verb used with a quote or a reported clause to describe what people say or think i e suggest say wonder 16 reciprocal verbs a verb which describes an action involving two people doing the same thing to each other i e They met in the street 17 reflexive verbs a verb which is typically used with a reflexive pronoun i e Don t cut yourself with that knife 18 defective verbs a verb without all the inflected forms of a regular verb i e modals 19 finite and non finite a infinitives b gerunds verbal nouns c participles 20 catenative verbs a verb that takes other verb forms as objects found at the head of a series of linked constructions i e We agreed to try to decide to stop eating snacks 21 causative verbs a verb that designates the action necessary to cause another action to happen i e The devil made me do it http://www.englishforums.com/English/VerbalsLessonExpertVerify/zmkbk/post.htm#479478Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:20:03 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:479478anonymousa To leave is not used as a noun though it s an infinitive verb It comes after the partial auxiliary want b Correct Morning is a noun used as an adjective c Correct d To avoid is an infinitive used as an adverb I hope that helps http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarExperts/zmwpj/post.htm#479137Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:17:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:479137mister micawber In prep the article a kind of adjective marshy adj mists noun of prep a article a kind of adjective deserted adjective it modifies churchyard village adj churchyard noun a adj shivering adj limping adj convict noun on prep the adj run noun suddenly adv terrifies verb Pip noun a adj tiny adj orphan noun used as an adjective boy noun Years noun later adverb a adj supremely adv arrogant adj young adj Pip noun boards verb the adj coach noun to prep London noun where adverb used as a conjunction by prep the adj grace noun of prep a adj mysterious adj benefactor noun he pronoun will auxiliary verb eagerly adv join verb the adj ranks noun of prep the adj idle adj rich pronoun or adjective used as a noun and become verb a adj gentleman noun