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Re: Appositive, direct object, indirect, predicate nominative, object of prepos

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:45:52 GMT

"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 objective complements, because they modify the direct object, people.

"Scurvy was the leading cause of death among sailors in the early eighteen century."

Cause is the predicate nominative, because it stands for the subject, scurvy.
Sailors is the object of a preposition, because it follows the preposition among, and acts as the subject of the prepositional phrase.

"In 1753, James Lind, a Scottish naval surgeon, showed that citrus could cure scurvy."

Surgeon is an appositive for James Lind, because it describes him further, but is not essential to the sentence.

"When the British navy gave sailors fresh citrus juice, scurvy disappeared from their ships."

Navy is the subject, because it is the thing which gave.
Sailors is an indirect object, because they are the people to whom the juice was given.
Juice is the direct object, because it is the thing which was given.

"Today, scurvy is rare; it is usually seen only in very old or very young patients whose diets are deficient in vitamin C."

Vitamin C is an object of a preposition because it is the subject of the prepositional phrase, "in vitamin C."

When trying to diagram a sentence I think it becomes easier when you take out the unnecessary words. For example change "scurvy was the leading cause of death among sailors in the early eighteen century," to "scurvy was the cause of death among sailors in century." The latter is less senseful, but makes it easier to diagram the sentence's nouns. Of course that method wouldn't work as well when you're asked to diagram words other than nouns.
I hope this made some sense, and helped!
-Nathan

Re: Appositive, direct object, indirect, predicate nominative, object of prepos

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:09:28 GMT

Re: Direct object and clauses

Avangi — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:31:48 GMT

Cute572
We both thought that this novel was one of the finest books we have ever read.
I read that direct object recives the action. Here book get the action "read" which make its a direct object. But preposition Of make me confuse. Whether its a object of preposition or not. Secondly is ONE is direct object here ?

I think of direct and indirect objects in connection with transitive verbs (action verbs - doing something to somebody). Your example uses a "verb of being," "to be" (something is something). The "that" clause has no direct or indirect object.
Novel was one. The subject of the clause is "Novel," and the verb is "was." There's no action, so there's no object. In the 40's we used to call "one" the "predicate nominative," but now I guess they call it the "verb compliment."

"Books" is object of the preposition, as you suspect, not object of the verb (where we would use direct/indirect). The prepositional phrase modifies "one."

"We have ever read" is a clause, modifying "books." I can understand why you think "books" might be object of the verb "read," and I'm not sure how to explain why it's not.

To back way up, if you're looking for a true action verb that functions as a true action verb, you'll find it in the main clause, We thought. It's intransitive, so it has a direct object but no indirect object. The direct object is the "that" clause. (What did we both think??)

Huevos
It gives me pleasure to introduce you to Paul. It = subject; "to introduce you to Paul" = direct object; (to) me = indirect object.

Cute572
Could you please explain why "to introduce you to Paul" is direct object and not object of preposition ? As its starts with preposition

"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.

Re: Predicate Nominative/ Predicate Adjective !HELP!

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:36:28 GMT

ok the phrase : Also remember that predicate nominatives/adjectives are only for linking verbs and action verbs are followed by direct/indirect objects is what i needed to hear 4 hours ago....lol.... thank you so very much i am correcting my sons 6th grade home work and really got lost do to it had both questions of direct/indirect objects and predicate nouns/adjectives. I am a mom who stumbled across this forum and i am so glad if you get this message please review these two sentences that are on his paper

the directions are underline the predicate noun and circle the predicate adjective (but just name them for me please)

1. Gloria is thoughtful about other people.

2. She became an artist after several years of work.

Re: Predicate Nominative/ Predicate Adjective !HELP!

Anonymous — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:41:31 GMT

Â also remember that predicate nominative/adjectives are only for linking verbs, if it is an action verb than you call them direct/ indirect objects.

Example:

I gave Bob 5 dollars

Gave is the verb

Bob is the indirect object

5 dollars is the direct object

this is because you GAVE 5 dollars and you GAVE them to Bob

need some help with some english exercises.

market-huxley — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:13:04 GMT

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 â __ â words in the sentences as one of the following parts of the sentence:

1.Direct object

2.Indirect object

3.Predicate noun

4.Predicate adjective

A. I sent âherâ an âemailâ yesterday to comfirm the date of the meeting.

email=direct object. her=indirect object.

B. Elton John is a pop âicon.â

icon=predicate noun. But I'm unsure? Need help.

C. She seemed âhonestâ , but I was deceived

honest=predicate adjective.. the word itself is a adjective..ex:the honest doctor.

D. Give âmeâ a break!

me=indirect object. Ex: give what? A break, to whom ... to âmeâ

is this one right?

Exercise 2: copy each sentence; identify the simple subject and the simple predicate.

a. It is a shame! it=subject is=verb

b.Will you go to a movie with me? you=subject go=verb

c. Janet has been singing in the choir for years. Janet=subject .. the predicate I'm having trouble with... Is it "has been singing" or "singing" becuase "has been" are helping verbs. What is the "simple" predicate?

d. Through the dense bushes and into the open fields ran the white-tailed deer.

deer= subject. ran=verb

e. To win the gold medal is the goal of many athletes.

To win=subject is=verb (is this one correct?)

How are my answers looking?

Re: what functional name?

Avangi — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:54:05 GMT

Hi, Anon,

I should probably keep out of this. I don't think they used the expression "complement" when I was in school. The type of action the verb describes often limits its function.

Transitive verbs take objects. "She hit him."

Intransitive verbs don't. "She matured."

Some verbs can be both. "She studied." (intransitive)

"She studied hard." (intransistive with adverb modifying verb)

"She studied until midnight." (intransitive with prepositional phrase modifying verb)

"She studied algebra." (transitive, with object of the verb)

"Verbs of being" "She is a model." (predicate nominative)

"She is beautiful." (predicate adjective)

Active "I permitted him to play." (infinitive is object of the verb, "him" is indirect object)

Passive "He was permitted to play" ("He" becomes the subject; the infinitive is still the direct object)

Intransitive "I felt sick to my stomach." ("sick" is an adverb modifying the intransitive verb "felt" ; the infinitive is an adverbial phrase modifying the adverb "sick")

"He felt inclined to argue with his brother." (ditto, plus a prepositional phrase modifying the infinitive)

Re: In the following sentence ''He'' is subject, ''is'' is a...

CalifJim — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:22:28 GMT

Categories or Parts of Speech

he - pronoun
he - noun phrase (NP)*
is - verb
a - article
nice - adjective
person - noun
a nice person - noun phrase (NP)*
is a nice person - verb phrase (VP)*

*These designations come from a system of analysis called 'transformational grammar'.

Functions

he - subject
is - copula
a - determiner
nice - modifier
person - complement
a nice person - complement
is a nice person - predicate

At the highest level of functional analysis, each sentence has simply a subject and a predicate; the predicate is everything in the sentence except the subject.

The same part of speech (category), particularly nouns, can be used with different functions. For example a noun can act as a subject, a subject complement, a direct object, an indirect object, an object complement, the object of a preposition, or a modifier. In grammatical analysis the different kinds of terminology shown above are often mixed. The same component in a sentence may have several different names. Also, the same term may be used both as a category and as a function. The word verb, for example, is often used both to mean a part of speech and as the name of its function in the sentence. There are often many different terms that apply to the same word or group of words. The terms selected depend on the type of analysis which is being done.

CJ

Re: Subjects, Verbs, Complements

Philip — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:39:22 GMT

SheenaGee wrote:

Am I doing these correctly. If I am not please explain and tell me what I am doing wrong.

Identifying Subjects, Verbs and Complements
On the line before each sentence below, identify each of the italicized words by writing s for subject, v for verb, pa for predicate adjective, pn for predicate nominative, do for direct object, or io for indirect object.

io 1. The coach showed us a videotape of Michael Jordan.
s 2. The merchants visiting there traded silk, jade, and porcelain for precious metals.
v 3. Before answering, Isabel thought about her personal goals.
s 4. There are some actors from my school in that film.
pn 5. The person in charge of seating will be Marcos.
pa 6. During fall, a chrysanthemum pattern would be more typical.
do 7. Our new hosts offered Lars and me a tour of the palace grounds. io - receives the direct object 'tour'
s 8. After proper treatment, the acorns become nutritious food. p.n. referring to 'acorns' after verb 'became'
pa 9. Although not as well trained as todayâs doctors, many early doctors must have been extremely knowledgeable.
s 10. I can teach you the routineafter school.
pa 11. Without question, Tiwa is the mechanic in our family!
io 12. I was allowed to remain in the room, and I listened intently during the interview. 'was allowed' is a passive voice verb
pa 13. In this city, a car is not only unnecessary but also somewhat of a nuisance.
pn 14. Certainly, Charles Edensaw was one of the better-known Haida artists.
s 15. Will a good computer programsimplify this task?

I hope this helps

Subjects, Verbs, Complements

SheenaGee — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:59:12 GMT

Am I doing these correctly. If I am not please explain and tell me what I am doing wrong.

Identifying Subjects, Verbs and Complements
On the line before each sentence below, identify each of the italicized words by writing s for subject, v for verb, pa for predicate adjective, pn for predicate nominative, do for direct object, or io for indirect object.

io 1. The coach showed us a videotape of Michael Jordan.
s 2. The merchants visiting there traded silk, jade, and porcelain for precious metals.
v 3. Before answering, Isabel thought about her personal goals.
s 4. There are some actors from my school in that film.
pn 5. The person in charge of seating will be Marcos.
pa 6. During fall, a chrysanthemum pattern would be more typical.
do 7. Our new hosts offered Lars and me a tour of the palace grounds.
s 8. After proper treatment, the acorns become nutritious food.
pa 9. Although not as well trained as todayâs doctors, many early doctors must have been extremely knowledgeable.
s 10. I can teach you the routineafter school.
pa 11. Without question, Tiwa is the mechanic in our family!
io 12. I was allowed to remain in the room, and I listened intently during the interview.
pa 13. In this city, a car is not only unnecessary but also somewhat of a nuisance.
pn 14. Certainly, Charles Edensaw was one of the better-known Haida artists.
s 15. Will a good computer programsimplify this task?