In Nouns^x, Direct objects^x, Nominative^x

We certainly don't want you to flunk! First, you have to know what a noun is and what a pronoun is. A noun is a person, place or thing, like a house, a dog, a pen, a computer, or the Internet. A pronoun is a word that substitutes for a noun. "I" substitutes for AlpheccaStars....

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:...

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

Eddie: The main clause is: We have people. It is as complete a sentence as: We have dogs. The subordinate (dependent) clause is whom/who can testify this fact (if necessary) The rule is that the pronoun linking the 2 clauses takes the case of its role in the subordinate clause. So in this...

Hello. I'm in 8th grade and am homeschooled. In my English class, I have recently been learning about diagraming subjects, appositives, direct objects, object of prepostitions, and predicate nominatives. It would be easy, if I was still understanding the major parts. So I've been doing...

I thought it was a "conjunction", is it not? Here is the text, a text that shows "noun infinitives" used in different ways, in which "but" is catagorized as a preposition: The noun infinitive can be a subject (To eat is fun.); a direct object (I like...

"Scurvy , a vitamin C deficiency, makes people weak and sore ." Scurvy is the subject, because it is the thing which "makes people weak and sore." People is the direct object, because it is what scurvy is affecting, direct objects usually follow verbs. Weak and sore are...

"Scurvy , a vitamin C deficiency, makes people weak and sore ." Scurvy is the subject, because it is the thing which "makes people weak and sore." People is the direct object, because it is what scurvy is affecting, direct objects usually follow verbs. Weak and sore are...

"To" is not a preposition here. It's part of the infinitive form of the verb, "to introduce." "To introduce you to Paul" is an infinitive phrase acting as a noun, not a prepositional phrase. Best wishes, - A.

I have to identify the verbal phrases (and verbals) and for participles determine whether they are present, past, or irregular. For gerunds whether they are subjects, direct objects, predicate nominatives, or objects of prepositions. And finally for infinitives determine whether they are nouns,...