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

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:45:52 GMT

"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 complements, because they modify the direct object, people.

"Scurvy was the leading cause of death among sailors in the early eighteen century."

Cause is the predicate nominative, because it stands for the subject, scurvy.
Sailors is the object of a preposition, because it follows the preposition among, and acts as the subject of the prepositional phrase.

"In 1753, James Lind, a Scottish naval surgeon, showed that citrus could cure scurvy."

Surgeon is an appositive for James Lind, because it describes him further, but is not essential to the sentence.

"When the British navy gave sailors fresh citrus juice, scurvy disappeared from their ships."

Navy is the subject, because it is the thing which gave.
Sailors is an indirect object, because they are the people to whom the juice was given.
Juice is the direct object, because it is the thing which was given.

"Today, scurvy is rare; it is usually seen only in very old or very young patients whose diets are deficient in vitamin C."

Vitamin C is an object of a preposition because it is the subject of the prepositional phrase, "in vitamin C."

When trying to diagram a sentence I think it becomes easier when you take out the unnecessary words. For example change "scurvy was the leading cause of death among sailors in the early eighteen century," to "scurvy was the cause of death among sailors in century." The latter is less senseful, but makes it easier to diagram the sentence's nouns. Of course that method wouldn't work as well when you're asked to diagram words other than nouns.
I hope this made some sense, and helped!
-Nathan

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

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:09:28 GMT

Re: A unexpectantly came out

New2grammar — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:38:27 GMT

You picked up a lot of points that I never considered. I really appreciate your detailed analysis.

Avangi
Did you mean to describe her scream,

Yes. Is it not a natural thing to do?

Avangi
Wouldn't she be surprised first and embarassed second?

Yes! I started with saying, "Surprised by our presence (So,this comes first), she embarassedly screamed (This comes later) "

Avangi
which I imagine as more like a squeal.

I thought of using 'squeal' but don't quite understand its meaning. Is it a short scream? Does a little girl squel when she sees a mouse?

Avangi
Small logic problem?? A&B + C&D (we) arrived together at the room

We arrived together. I agree that the text is ambiguous. I would be clear if I had the preceding paragraph.

Avangi
Did she just forget about you, or assume you had left

Assumed we had gone to wait outside her room. She could have forgotten about us. I have no idea what she was thinking.

Avangi
The unexpectedness belongs to C&D. Or was it unexpected to A?

C and D didn't expect her to walk out naked.

Avangi
Shouldn't it be, "straightened up facing us"? (You said she bent over, not that she was kneeling.)

I see your point. So, if you are in a bent over position, you're technically still standing up. So straighten up is the correct verb to use. Thanks!

Avangi
Whom was she facing when she bent over

Her side was to us.

Avangi
At some time she must have turned around to face you

I thought I could imply it by just saying "facing us".

Re: Grammar rules - check for correctness - a kind teacher please :)

Angle1 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:23:55 GMT

Some another issues to discuss

I saw your old friend, him whom you pointed out at the last meeting

Him whom >> whom

Objective pronoun is redundand, we need only relative pronou

I really donÂ´t know if there is a mistake in this sentence
She flouts her mink coat whenever she goes with us so that we will think she is very wealthy

They threated him like he was their own son

Like >>> as if we have a verb in a comparative sentence, we must use as instead of like

He was >> he were - we need a subjunctive here, but I cannot explain why

Many a box of bananas have been sent to Europe

Many a box + has / many boxes + have

What kind of these structures is commonly used

The two last comeptitors, who had to lose or gain the most were affected deeply

Who had to lose or gain the most >> who had the most to lose or gain

How to explain it? Is this

Were affected deeply >> were deeply affected â the adverb determines the adjective

His serious thoughts were bent irrevocable

Bent irrevocable >> bent irrevocably â But how to explain it??

I think that is everything what I need to to discuss

If you want to discuss only few examples, no problem - I would be glad if you would do anything. Thank you very much for your help

Re: Grammar rules - check for correctness - a kind teacher please :)

Angle1 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:30:38 GMT

Here are some examples

The main point is to explain the correct answer
The sentences are little-bit childisch ;they are some modified sentences. I am afraid that my explanations seems to be a little childisch, too. So please help me how to turn it into the right explanation.

Mary was real angry because Jack didnÂ´t show up

Real >> really - we use an adverb to determine the adjective

Fewer of the passangers is sick today

Fewer >> One - the verb is refers to singular, so we need to use singular pronoun

I asked my brother whom was on the phone

Whom >> who â Whom i sused in object case and with pronouns â we need a subject for the verb in the second clause

Jorge doesnÂ´t have no bullets in his rifle

No >> any - we should avoid double negation in written English. We could use either has + no or negation + any

I am just a little confused whether or not to go on exam.

Whether to be or not to be â I know how it should be, but I cannot explain it :/

Having be a dancer myself, I have excellent posture

Having be >> beeing â but how to explain it ???

I never did like these kind of exercises

These >> that â but could it be also this if I were pointing at it?

Kind is singular, so we need a singular demostrative pronoun

You telling the truth is ..

You >> your â telling is a gerund, gerunds are used like nouns. We need a possessive pronoun

The bakery depends on meal beeing delivered without delay

Meal >> mealÂ´s â beeing is a gerund, and meal refers to this gerund. We need to use a genitive form with âÂ´sâ

Re: Proper use of adverb of frequency

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Re: Do I put s on expire?

Tanit — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:11:13 GMT

Hi,

Don't put an "s" when you've got "does" as an auxiliary verb, that is in questions ...

    When does it expire?
    How does he feel?
    Who does she go out with? (or: With whom does she go out?)

... and in negative sentences:

    He doesn't seem happy.
    She doesn't like fruit.
    It doesn't require too much.

Re: Felt like...

Avangi — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:42:54 GMT

Hi Mad, With this scant context, it could be taken either way. It's pretty confusing.

"Friends" is plural. Was she paired with one particular guy?

Whom is she talking to? Her date??

"Felt" is past tense, but "is" is present tense. Is she still on the date with this guy (or guys) (or girls) when she makes this statement? (like maybe at the very end of it?)

Is Neil her main squeeze? (Sorry, my eyes are getting bad.) Is Nell her main squeeze? Who the h--- is Nell? (Is Lana a guy?)

Anyway, I'm assuming "tonight" is a noun rather than an adverb. "I had to explain about tonight." Not, "Tonight, I felt like I had to explain to Nell."

It's still "tonight" when she makes the statement. It sounds like Nell is not present. If she has already explained to Nell, she must have covered a lot of ground.

But on the other hand, we don't know what it is she wants to explain. Did she feel she had to explain what happened tonight, or did she feel (in the past) that she had to explain that she was planning to go on a date without him/her??

If she's talking to the guy and they're still on the date, maybe it's, "I felt like I had to explain to Nell, but, you know what? I don't feel that way any longer." Maybe she's just telling him that she feels wierd about having felt obligated to tell Nell all her private business.

Or maybe she's warning "him" that this "date" is no secret from Nell, because she felt obligated to tell her/him.

You're asking me, "Did Lana explain to Nell about tonight?" I'll tell you. I don't know.

Re: Headquartered

Clive — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:23:16 GMT

Hi,

To whom it may concern

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Canonical Ltd is a global organisation headquartered in the Isle of Man committed to the development, distribution and promotion of open source software products, and to providing tools and support to the open source community.

Canonical's projects include the Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu operating systems. All of those products are developed as free and open source software and can be used , modified, and redistributed without permisson and completely free of charge. As part of promoting ...

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[The above was written on a package which I received today. In order not to pay custom duties, the sender has written the above. The sender is an organisation which promotes open source. They don't have any intention of making money. I know it very well. They just post to anybody on request.]

I don't think it is correct to write 'providing tools and support to the open source communinty'.

It should be 'provide tools and support to the open source community'. No, the way it is written is better. The sentence structure needs a noun or a noun-like word, ie a gerund. committed to the development, distribution and promotion . . .and to providing . . .

You could use the noun 'provision' instead of the gerund 'providing'.

Furthermore to write 'organisation headquartered in the Isle of Man' sounds strange. Is it correct to write 'headquartered' ?

The word headquarter is not a verb. Is it a verb too? It's not at all unusual for business writers to use nouns as verbs.

Best wishes, Clive

Headquartered

Anonymous — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:46:01 GMT

To whom it may concern

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I don't think it is correct to write 'providing tools and support to the open source communinty'.

It should be 'provide tools and support to the open source community'.

Furthermore to write 'organisation headquartered in the Isle of Man' sounds strange. Is it correct to write 'headquartered' ?

The word headquarter is not a verb. Is it a verb too?