Dear Walter, thank you for this interesting question. First of all, blurred should be analysed in connection with being since being blurred is a non-finite complex verb phrase. The meaning of this part of the sentence is obviously passive;

isn't prisoners the direct object because it's receiving the gnawing? No. If the object (or what seems like it to you) doesn't occur directly after the verb with no intervening preposition, it's not a direct object, and the verb is

Sunsail: Yes. You are confusing the direct object and the indirect object. I suggested him - him is the direct object - you follow that with "for manager to the director" I suggested the Holiday Inn to him. - This is fine. Holiday Inn

Phrasal verb is a relatively new term to me (I had always thought I was being inventive with the term two-word verbs) . Either way, it certainly simplifies a lot of things. Here, the phrasal verb consists of two words, and his boss is the direct

If this is a sentence, it should begin with a capital letter. The subject of your sentence is the gerund "displaying," which is singular, and should take a singular verb, "does." "Displaying does give." You must

1. What exactly is an adverb of place? I know that it describes where the action takes place. "I was swimming at the pool" At the pool = adverb place But then someone told me that it can modify any direction of the verb. "I stole

1. What exactly is an adverb of place? I know that it describes where the action takes place. "I was swimming at the pool" At the pool = adverb place But then someone told me that it can modify any direction of the verb. "I stole

1. "My book is over there" "The cookies are for everyone" What do the prepositional phrases in these sentences function as? 2. With stative verbs, are there any limits in adverbs? "I have a story to tell" "I have

1) I looked at the magazine. What did you look at? Answer: the magazine. Magazine is the direct object of the phrasal verb "look at" Compare with this sentence: 2) I looked up at my father. What did you look at? (the direct object) Does

No, I am not. But the phrasal verb "lay down" is transitive which means it should connect direct object, and that phrasal verb doesn't fit the bill in your case.