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Jobs/ Functions in a sentence (Complement (Object Complement (exp…
Nouns (words, phrases, clauses)
exp:
- There is a book missing
- "There" is a substitute subject, book is the real subject. It could be rewritten. The book is missing
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Verbals
(v-ing)
gerunds (swimming, running, etc.)
infinitives (to swim, to run, etc.)
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def: follows linking verbs, describe the state of subjects, or tell us about the subjects
word class: nouns, adjectives
def: The idea of "to be" can always be inserted between the direct object and the objective complement
Another way to test these direct object-objective complement relationships is to put them into subject-subjective complement combinations:
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questions: to or for whom, what?
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object of passive tense
- She was given the job by the previous manager.
- The previous manager gave her the job.
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word classes: adjectives, adverbs, nouns, preposition phrases
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RELATIVE CLAUSE
Mortimer Rabbit, who was always cocky, lost again.
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Sentence Type
- Subject + Verb + Direct Object
- Subject modifier or Subject/Object complement (adj) (adj, preposition ) - which one? which person?
- Verb modifier (adv) : how?, why?
- She(S) painted(V) the car(DO) purple(SC)
- Subject + Linking Verb + Subject complement (Adj/Noun)
exp:
- She is a teacher(SC).
- She is old(SC).
- Subject + Verb + Direct Object + Indirect
- She(S) gives(V) the gift(DO) to him(IO).
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Word classes
Infinitive
Patttern
some adjectives
It's challenging to learn data science from scratch.
Learning data science from scratch is challenging.
act like nouns (subject, object)
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types
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linking verbs (state of being, to be)
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expresses the action, the state of being of the nouns
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Gerund
act like a noun
Running is good my heart, memory
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- subject complement/ predicate nouns
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Before running, I always drink a cup of orange juice - after prepositions is followed by gerund
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jobs in sentences
in front of nouns, pronouns, describe how nouns in a sentence are related to each others
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jobs in sentences
connect words, phrases, clauses