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Re: A couple of sentence questions

CalifJim — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:01:38 GMT

Eddie88
Main clause=perhaps you will meet a native speaker

Subject=you
Modal Verb=will
Main Verb=meet
Noun Phrase=a native speaker- Also the direct object of the verb meet

Yes. Note also that you is a personal pronoun and also counts as a noun phrase because it's a noun substitute. Its function here is subject. You have a parallel analysis at the end, where you say that a native speaker is a noun phrase and it is (it functions as) a direct object.

Eddie88
Dependent clause/relatve clause=who can help you out

Subject=who
Modal Verb=can
Main Verb=help
Object of clause=you
Preposition=out

Good. Note again that who and you are also pronouns. Some analysts allow that last word out to be considered a preposition without an object. Others say that it can't be a preposition because it has no object. You could call it an adverbial particle. Together with help it forms the phrasal verb help out.

Eddie88
There are 2 other people here. (second part of sentence)

There=cannot be a subject, so what is it?
verb=are
subject=

The underlying sentence is: Two other people are here. You can rearrange this by inserting there, thus: There are two other people here. The there structure is unique in this way.

1. For purposes of forming questions, using subject-verb inversion, there is the subject. There are ... . Are there ... ?

2. For purposes of number agreement, the noun phrase following the verb is the subject. There is one ... . There are many ... .

There = Existential there. (Subject for the purpose of inversion.)

are = verb

two other people = noun phrase : (Subject for the purposes of verb agreement.)

here = adverb.

Eddie88
I should not use the word FOR to begin a sentence. I think they are refering to FOR when it is a coordinating conjunction. But I assume it is completely fine as a preposition...the head of a prep. phrase...

Yes. Your understanding of it is correct.

Re: analyse and differences

AlpheccaStars — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:54:13 GMT

1 She stopped looking for a way out.

She - pronoun, subject
Stopped - main verb, simple past
Looking for a way out. - gerund phrase, direct object of "stopped", answers the question "what did she stop?"
looking for - gerund form pf phrasal verb "look for"
a way out - direct object of gerund.

2 She stopped to look for a way out.

She - pronoun, subject
Stopped - main verb, simple past
to look for a way out. - infinitive phrase, following the catenative verb "stopped"

I consider this an adverbial phrase, it answers the question "why?"

Re: Pronoun question

CalifJim — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:42:32 GMT

Eddie88
What I was meaning with the preposition and objective case query, is that I want to know if the pronoun is still the objective case if it comes before the preposition.

No. A preposition governs case only in one direction. The preposition cannot govern a word that comes before it.

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One exception is the fronted pronoun whom. As I mentioned in a previous post, you can have whom in a question or in a relative clause.

[For whom are you waiting]?

The man [for whom I am waiting] is the head of the finance department.

But you can put whom at the beginning and the preposition at the end of the structure, like this:

[Whom are you waiting for]?

The man [whom I am waiting for] is the head of the finance department.

In these cases, the pronoun whom is governed by the preposition that comes at the end of the structure.

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But be careful with phrasal verbs. They have an adverbial particle that sometimes looks like a preposition, and they often have a pronoun in the objective case that comes between the verb and the particle, so it looks like there's a preposition governing a pronoun before it. This is an illusion; it's the verb that is governing the case of its object.

Lucy found two stray kittens and decided to take them in.

Re: I need help with determining the parts of speech w/ this sentence!!!!

Avangi — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:02:02 GMT

alaricepent
Well, it is for AP English! :)

I have a feeling you and I are going to flunk AP English.

I think A. Stars had good answers for the two previous questions - the phrasal verb explanation: "for" is no longer analyzed as a preposition, but as part of a phrasal verb, which is transitive. ("What kind of a verb is paid? - tr., intr, or aux. ?")

AND ("what kind of a pronoun is "one"?) It's a "numerical expression pronoun."

I'm not sure about diagramming a "phrasal verb."

Re: Trouble finding subject and objects in this sentence

Huevos — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:41:18 GMT

Mister Micawber
what about 'on',

Mister Micawber
or rest on is a phrasal verb with what as direct object

I'm not sure. I don't see it as a strictly phrasal verb as the meaning is not idiomatic. He rests on the bed. He rests in bed. He rests at home. The choice of preposition doesn't seem to change the meaning of "rest". Also I'm not sure about "what" as an object. It's function here is interrogative pronoun, right? Does that make it an object (prepositional object)?

Re: don't I receive

Yankee — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:03:02 GMT

Hi Avangi

Sure poetry is OK, but the "Not only" sentence in question doesn't seem to have been intended to be either poetic or particularly formal.

The thing is, pronouns sometimes have "restrictions" that nouns simply don't have. Just think about phrasal verbs. For example, we can say:
"He picked the ball up"
-OR-
"He picked up the ball".

However, if we replace the word "ball" with a pronoun (it), then there is basically only one way to say the sentence:
"He picked it up."

Saying "He picked up it" would sound "wrong" to native speakers of AmE. Wouldn't you agree?

Re: "To pick up"

Tanit — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:02:55 GMT

Hi Milla,

You could also say "Bryan is going to pick Paul up at the airport tonight" because "pick up" is a separable phrasal verb; this means that you can put the object either before or after "up".

If the object is a pronoun, this must go before "up", so: "Bryan is going to pick him up at the airport tonight" (not: pick up him).

Re: preposition+obj pronoun+?

Clive — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:26:03 GMT

Hi,

I know that many people use this type of sentence " I team up with a boy doing 5 subjects" (participle) And " I team up with a boy who does 5 subjects"(relative pronoun)

Yes. You can also say 'I team up with a boy who is doing 5 subjects.

But Can one say? : "I team up with a boy do 5 subjects" (???) No.

I believe the "doing" is participle because it's preceded by a noun and not directly after preposition. Think of 'doing 5 subjects' as a shortened form of 'who is doing 5 subjects'. I don't see that it has anything to do with prepositions.

Does this apply to all the sentences with preopositions in this type of context? What preposition are you talking about in your example? The only one I see is 'up', which just part of the phrasal verb 'team up' .

Best wishes, Clive

Re: Need help on a Parts of Speech Question

Mister Micawber — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:36:29 GMT

2. Thought it was adverb, as it explains how the boys followed.
3. Thought it was a verb, as it follows the pronoun "I"

2-- Maybe it is , if you consider 'follow after' to be a phrasal verb; then 'the girls' is the object. However, follow can be intransitive (Bill led and Jane followed), so I think 'after the girls' indicates where the boys went: The boys followed after the girls / over the bridge / etc.
3-- No, the verb is elided: Helen went first and I [followed] after.

Re: get it together

Clive — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:01:17 GMT

Hi,

get together (START) phrasal verb INFORMAL
to start a romantic relationship:
She got together with Paul two years ago.
They finally get it together right at the end of the film.

Please explain the highlighed group of words. [Particularly, I am confused with the use of the pronoun "it' between get togethe]

Both of these expressions are rather idiomatic, and often can be used with very similar meanings. Here are a couple of comments on differences.

Get together - This focuses on people coming physically close to each other.

It can obvioulsy be used in a romantic way. However, we can also say things like 'I'm going to get together with Tom and Fred for a drink this evening'. It means we are going to meet each other, then sit and drink and talk.

Get it together - This tends to focuses on things that are not so physical, like a relationship, an attitude, a skill.

eg I am answering questions in an interview. My answers are poor. I think 'OK, I have 10 minutes left. If I get it (my ideas, my confidence, my attention) together, I can still be successful in this interview'.

eg The baseball team is playing poorly. The manager says to them, 'You guys need to get it (your skill) together right now'.

eg Tom and Mary encounter many problems and difficulties while trying to develop a romantic relationship. But they finally get it (their relationship, their love) together, and achieve happiness.

Best wishes, Clive