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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:...

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,...

b 1 They mustn’t think I’m interested. 2 They must think I’m not interested. Do these sentences have the same meaning? the first one analyse is " they " pronoun functioning as subject " musn't " a negated modals. ...

Thanks, AlpheccaStars. But the original (from an English magazine) omits "being," so I wonder whether it's better to have "being" or not. Btw, are there any differences between " he would end up stuck ... " and " he would be stuck ...?"

The correct form is "being stuck".The reason is that the phrasal verb "end up" needs a noun for a direct object.. "being" is a gerund, which is used as a noun. Examples from the dictionary are: He thought he'd end up living in the city. He ended up marrying his...

Welcome to English Forums. It's an imperative sentence, the subject being (you) understood. "Give" is a verb, present tense, second person singular or plural, the simple predicate of the sentence. "yearbook" is a noun, the direct object of the verb. "whoever" is...

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...