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"who" takes the case (subject, object) in the dependent clause.I know the person to whom the book is dedicated. (object case)I know the person who gave the dedication. (subject case) I know the person whom the police arrested.. (object case)The person whom the police arrested is going...

"Sandra lived with eight family members in a small apartment."You can't have a Direct Object within a prepositional phrase. Right?So that means "lived" is an intransitive verb ( cause they don't take Direct Objects), because "with" follows it, and that's...

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 a...

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 some...

1) Where are you? I've been waiting for 2 hours2) I needn't have brought that milkI = subjectneed have bought = verb; present perfect tense, modal form (need is the auxiliary), buy is the main verb, bought is the past participle.not - adverb that - demonstrative pronoun refering to...

You have made some very complex sentences, so it is not easy to explain without a lot of detail. Here is my analysis of the grammar in the second sentence. I am not an expert in grammar, so I invite other members of the forum to comment. It (pronoun, subject) is (main verb) probably (adverb,...

"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...

"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...