In Nouns^x, Direct objects^x, Clauses^x

Verbs: Modal verb: can Bare infinitve: help Bare infinitive: tell Indirect object (pronoun): me Direct object (noun phrase expressed as a clause, i.e., "noun clause"): if a group of words is a clause or phrase ____ Noun phrase structures like whether a verb is the main...

Nobody said it was not a clause! There are several bits of terminology that are confusing. One set of terms applies to the individual words. 'house' is a noun . 'happy' is an adjective . 'quietly' is an adverb . And so on. Another set of terms applies to groups of words...

Note that the noun phrase contains a (relative) clause, and it is also contained within a larger clause in each case above. CJ P.S. Part of your frustration may be because not all writers use the terms ''phrase' and 'clause' (and others) completely consistently at all...

Communication is supremely important for all social animals. Communication - subject is supremely important for all social animals. - predicate is - linking verb supremely - adverb important - predicate adjective modifying communication for all social animals. - prepositional phrase...

Anaylsis of the large structure: Independent clause #1 : I can not tell you that, mate, Conjunction joining two independent clauses: but Independent clause #2: what I can tell you is that it was one day before my birthday __ Anaylsis of Ind. Clause #2: Subject: what I can tell you Verb:...

Here is better punctuation: Also, when you have a verb form (no comma) and it is the ing form, (comma) is it always a non-finite/verbal (no comma) which means it is a phrase -either a gerund or particple? The main clause is: is it always a non-finite/verbal Introductory dependent clauses....

Do you want a syntactical analysis or corrections to these sentences? Here is some syntax: Down the hillside (prepositional phrase, adverbial) were rolling (main verb phrase) the stones . (noun phrase, subject) In this part (prepositional phrase, adverbial) of the garden (prepositional phrase,...

Hi, e 1) I’ll do what I think is right. 2 ) I’ll do it, which I think is right. "i" pronoun functioning as subject. "will" is modals OK, although I'd call it an auxiliary verb. "do" main verb. "what is think is right" is direct object....

It makes sense without it, but it doesn't make sense without it??? It's hard to understand what you're saying. CJ

. The bracketed part is the object of the verb enjoy . The clause I watch TV when expressed as a gerund construction becomes my watching TV . That is, the subject becomes a possessive adjective, and the verb becomes a gerund. (The rest stays the same. TV is still the direct object of watch .) ...