English Grammar Lesson. Sentence Diagramming 5: Direct Objects
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This is gonna be some extra credit on my exam that I need!
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What does 'gusto' mean in this sentence? Thanks
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@Mr.Thoth..Thanks sir for the clarification. I have seen your video on adverbs as well as those under other heads, not once, but many times. They have been wonderfully luminous. I also enjoy your subtle humour and unobtrusive asides ( I would not have done a thing like that to you, ( 'to somebody else, who knows'...) . Your work means much to me...Hats off to you.
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THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME! Ty very much for teaching me this
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You lost me at "'like that' is an 'adjectival prepositional phrase'". But that's fine, I'll have a think about it. I've never learnt this system, I think it's an American thing - I first read about it in a memoir by Frank McCourt! And now my job is explaining English to Chinese people, so i need all the help I can get...
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a mind line map for sentences :)
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its good but there isnt any definition of direct object
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I am not able to comprehend how the prepositional phrase 'to you' modifies the verb in the second sentence.
mayanma 1 year ago
@mayanma The sentence is "I would not have done a thing like that to you." The question that "to you" answers is "How did you do it?" "To you, that's how." So "to you" tells us how the thing is done, and thus modifies "done." Check out the video on adverbs to learn more about the questions adverbs answer (namely How? When? Why? Where?).
mrthoth 1 year ago
you said that "the" was an ADJECTIVE??
was that a joke, or a mistake?
i hope it was!
titmoths 3 years ago
Thanks for your comment!
The statement that "the" is an adjective is neither a joke nor a mistake. There are eight parts of speech in traditional grammar (adjective, adverb, verb, preposition, pronoun, conjunction, noun, interjection). "The", "a", and "an" are articles, which, in traditional grammar, are a subset of adjectives. (Obviously they are not prepositions, adverbs, verbs, nouns, pronouns, interjections, or conjunctions.)
mrthoth 3 years ago