In Predicates^x, Verbs^x, Prepositions^x

Congratulations on your hard work. - A.Edit. "Why is the article "the" essential here?"

Sorry, I took "in line 4 of this writing piece" as a colloquialism, "in line 4 of a certain writing piece." I thought it was weird.

"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...

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...

Sorry abuot this again, I fear I'm becoming somewhat of a pain. But I have to fully get it. From what I gathered, Adjective Prepositional Phrases modifies nouns/pronouns or object of another preposition, eg.: The book on the table in the English classroom is her book. (on the table modifies...

"Who threw the stone?" (reply) "It is one of those who are angry." I don't think "one" is the subject of anything here. It's a predicate nominative, or "complement" of the verb "is." "It" is the subject of the sentence, and...

"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...