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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.

English Grammer

Anonymous — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:38:08 GMT

I want brief explanations about following topics:

1- Narrations( Active Passive and Direct Indirect)

2- Clauses(Adjective,Noun,Adverb & Preposition clauses)

3- Predicate nominative.

Gerunds. Participles. Infinitives, Help?

tanooka — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:38:47 GMT

I have to identify the verbal phrases (and verbals) and

for participles determine whether they are present, past, or irregular.

For gerunds whether they are subjects, direct objects, predicate nominatives, or objects of prepositions.

And finally for infinitives determine whether they are nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.

There are 25 sentences and I did my best, but please help me make any corrections necessary. I will bracket the verbal phrases and put the verbals in parenthesis, and in "{" (forgot what they are called) I will label them as I said above.

DO- direct objects, PN - predicate nominative ect...

1. "I'm [(leaning {G-DO}) toward [(seeing {G-OP}) the fish] at Bonneville Dam," Biff declared.

2, "I don't like [chopping (kindling {G-DO})]," moped Yahoo.

3. The [(hooked {P-PAST}) salmon] fought hard.

4. [(To peer {I-N}) through the fast [(moving {P-PRESENT}) water] is difficult.

5. "I wish [(to go {I-N}) (sledding {P-PRESENT})] on the snow!" Twisp grinned.

6. High water [(running {P-PRESENT}) through the valley] flooded the [(disappointed {P-PAST}) farmer's land].

7. "[(To be {I-N}) strong] I work out at lumberjack skills," Rocko boasted.

8. The [(depressed {P-PAST}) button] ignited the outdoor lighting.

9. Squirrels munched the [(discarded {P-PAST}) potato chips].

10. Leenda was happy [(to help {I-ADJ}) with [(cleaning {G-OP}) up the [(remaining {P-PRESENT} garden-fresh salad].

11. Biff went [(to work {I-adv}) at the Dairy Freeze] then studied math and its [(challenging {P-present} algebra problems].

12. Leenda was hopeful [(to hear {I-adv}) that snow was forecast].

13. Cleaning the road, the snow plow rescued many [(stranded {P-PAST}) motorists].

14. "I'm going [(fishing {G-DO})]" said Rocko.

15. The water was too high, so the crafty salmon wouldn't strike the [(fishing {P-PRESENT}) hook].

16. The [storm-(beaten {P-IRREGULAR}) cabin] held strongly against the [(pounding {P-PRESENT}) rain].

17. Taking the turn too sharply in the [(slickened {P-PAST}) snow], Suzy's car slid into a [(hidden {P-IRREGULAR}) ditch].

18. A [(shivering {P-PRSENT}) Rocko] took an hour [(to dig {I-ADJ}) Suzy out].

19. "For cooking pies I like [(to make {I-N}) thick crusts]," Suzy advised.

20. The [(growing {P-PRESENT}) trees] were felled by [(chainsawing {G-OP})]

21. [(Setting {P-PRESENT}) off from the bridge], the sailboarder hit the river's big waves.

22. The way [(to navigate {I-ADJ}) the national forest] is [(to do {I-N}) a good examination of USGS maps beforehand].

23. Rocko, [(sweating {P-PRESENT} and (exhausted {P-PAST})], took a brake from [(chopping {G-OP})].

24. "[(To sew {I-N})] requires a sure hand," giggled Twisp.

25. "[(To live {I-N}) honorably] is [(to do {I-N}) what's right]!" affirmed angelic Leenda.

This took me so long to write and thank you so much in advance for helping!

Re: Predicate Nominative/ Predicate Adjective !HELP!

Mister Micawber — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:47:09 GMT

1. Gloria is thoughtful about other people.
2. She became an artist after several years of work.

You are half off.
In #1, thoughtful is the predicate adjective and there is NO predicate nominative; people is nothing related to your problem--it is the object of a preposition.
In #2, artist is the predicate nominative and there is NO predicate adjective; years is unrelated to your problem-- it is the object of a preposition again.

Frankly speaking, ma'am, if you are tired, you should rest. Find an upper-grade tutor for your son. Anyone who thinks that 'years' here could be an adjective should not be trying to teach our youth, even with the best of intentions. You are probably an excellent housekeeper and a loving mother. Why not rest on your laurels?

Re: Is he perhaps the Angel of Music, who/whom her father had promised would

Grammar Geek — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:52:42 GMT

Her father had promised he would come to her - note that he is in the nominative.

Who did he promise would come?

... who her father has promsised would come.

(Compare: It was the man whom her father said she should look for. He said she should look for him. Whom did he say she should look for?)

This despite the fact that very few people in the U.S. use "whom" much anymore, unless it comes immediately after a preposition.

Re: Grammatical Cases and the English Language

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:46:43 GMT

There are precious few relics of the Dative case remaining in Modern English. The word whom is currently in its death throes and has been for 100 years or so; and in serious (and possibly fatal) decline during the last fifty.

But it must be remembered that whom is not a resident purely of the Dative domain; rather it is (or has become over several hundred years) an indicator to a large extent of any of the non-nominative cases.

All that said, English now relies heavily on word order and prepositions to express the different cases. Along with common sense, of course: "The rose gives the boy a girl"--a cannonical Latin example--makes no sense in English and causes us to abandon our automatic mechanisms of language comprehension in favor of more conscious, more forensic dissection of the phrase in an attempt to understand what is being said. Naturally, with no native dative case in English, and without the aid of prepositions, this sentence will languish in ambiguity and we will never be certain who is giving the rose to whom.

That is, until the Latin is given: Rosam pueri puella dat.

...well that clever little girl!

Re: "Than me" versus "than I am"

CalifJim — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:20:06 GMT

See http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/052.html

Part of it states:

than has been used as a preposition since the 1500s in sentences like John is taller than me. In these cases the pronoun is in the objective case where the rule would require the nominative. This construction appears in the writing of some of our most respected writers, among them Shakespeare, Johnson, Swift, Scott, and Faulkner. So if you choose to ignore the grammarianâs rule, you are in good company.

CJ

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

Maple — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:11:24 GMT

DO(direct object), IO(indirect object, OC(objective complement), AP(appositive), PN(predicate nominative), S(subject), or OP(object of preposition).

My try, (not sure about the blue part)

Scurvy,^s a vitamin C deficiency, makes people^do weak and sore^oc. Scurvy was the leading cause^pn of death among sailors^op in the early eighteen century. In 1753, James Lind, a Scottish naval surgeon^ap, showed that citrus could cure scurvy. When the British navy^sgave sailors^io fresh citrus juice^do, scurvy disappeared from their ships. Today, scurvy is rare; it is usually seen only in very old or very young patients whose diets are deficient in vitamin C^op.

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

Fureii — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:58:57 GMT

HELP ME UNDESTAND THIS PLZ

Identify each italicized word as DO(direct object), IO(indirect object, OC(objective complement), AP(appositive), PN(predicate nominative), S(subject), or OP(object of preposition).

Scurvy, a vitamin C deficiency, makes people weak and sore. Scurvy was the leading cause of death among sailors in the early eighteen century. In 1753, James Lind, a Scottish naval surgeon, showed that citrus could cure scurvy. When the British navy gave sailors fresh citrus juice, scurvy disappeared from their ships. Today, scurvy is rare; it is usually seen only in very old or very young patients whose diets are deficient in vitamin C.

Would appreciate your help on these two grammar questions . . .

Johnc — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:06:43 GMT

I wish my parents were more like we/us.

The trip will be a good experience for people like you and I/me.

I am thinking "we" and "I" are correct. I can't remember the grammar rule but I'm thinking that the first sentence could be restated with the ending "we are" and in the second sentence, people is the object of the preposition, not the pronoun so the nominative case should be used, unless "like" requires an object whereby the objective case "me" should be used. Help!!! Thanks. much for your help..