In Nouns^x, Direct objects^x, Whom^x

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...

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...

Firstly, to clarify, will the 'who/whom' always be at the start of the dependent clause? >> I think so. Most examples I have seen, who/whom is either the object of a proposition (starting the dependent clause), or very close to the noun that it references, and starting the...

"Whoever" is correct. The indirect object of the verb in the main clause is the entire noun clause, not just the head of the clause. Directly quoted from "Cliff's notes" (sorry for the long inset) Pronoun case in subordinate clause Who, whom, whoever, whomever. In...

"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...

Hello. Relative clauses can only be (from a syntactic point of view) either post-modifiers of nouns/pronouns, or sentence modifiers. They are never objects; they don't modify verbs. What can be subjects or objects, WITHIN the relative clauses themselves, are the relative pronouns used (who,...

I'm taking a correspondence course. These are some of the exercises that I need to submit. So please I need help from grammar exerperts thnaks. Exercise 1: Identify each of the “ __ ” words in the sentences as one of the following parts of the sentence: 1.Direct object ...

Hi folks, I would like to ask the following question: is it possible for a prepositional phrase to function as a noun in a sentence? I am thinking of the following sentence: I told her about the meeting . My interpretation: Subject: I Verb: told Direct Object: about the meeting (I told what? ...