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. 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 .) ...

Let's take this one step at a time: We listen to Fagin. --> This is a complete sentence (main clause); "listen to" is the phrasal verb, and Fagin is the object. But could Fagin be doing? talking, screaming, yelling, running, and so on. For example: Fagin's loud talking...

It's not wrong. Normally in English sentences are ordered " Subject (S), Verb (V), Indirect Object (IO), Direct Object (DO) " but can run OSV, and, where pronouns are used in substitution of either the subject or object (e.g. your sentence) there are no word order constraints so...

Hi, I'm really enjoying this. You're making me think. I'm going to take your points out of sequence. I think I'm still replying to your post; if I misrepresent what you're saying, please correct me. First, the summary of what I'm going to say: A lot depends on theory,...

The 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...

Your questions reveal the limitations of the traditional technical vocabulary for discussing grammatical structures! You can think of infinitives as a direct objects of the verb want. On the other hand, want takes a clause as its complement. I want (He helps us). But the...

The function of the that -clause is direct object of believe . Believe what ? Believe that you like it . The that -clause can also be considered the direct object of the find construction. Note the grammar of find . I find this difficult. ( this is the direct object of find . Find...

I think the majority of disagreement to my post so far has been on the actual points. The points are well known and well established. What's more, and I am hesitant to say this as doing so appeals to authority, mathematical geniuses who currently are contructing a mathematical paragon for the...

In these different constructions, different types of things are ellipted. 1) My father bought me a cell phone which is as small as a mouse. . Fish is the direct object of caught . Many is an adjective modifying fish , and the first as is an adverb modifying many . Again, the second as is a...

What is the word sucks in " Homework sucks " ? Is it a verb or an adjective? If it is a verb, what does homework suck? This brings up an excellent point, and a wonderful opportunity to discover the beautiful syntactic structure of the English language. The question at hand is " Does an English...