Help with English Grammar by boris

TALK STORY

Help with English Grammar

POSTED BY: BORIS
UPDATED: Wednesday, September 3, 2008 16:36
SHORT URL:
VIEWED: 1479
PAGE 1 of 1

Tuesday, September 2, 2008 5:46 PM

Hey if anyone out there is any good at English Syntax...In the sentence: "Mary put the bouquet of roses on the coffee table" is "on the coffee table", an adjunct, object compliment, indirect object, or something I haven't considered? Any help would be appreciated as I need to understand this stuff by next week's syntax inclass. thanks in advance
Rose(aka Boris)

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Tuesday, September 2, 2008 6:04 PM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

I think it is a prepositional phrase (?)

It isn't a compement or an object.

Sorry, I can discuss Beowolf in detail but I can't diagram a sentence to save me freakin life!

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” Mahatma Gandhi

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Tuesday, September 2, 2008 6:08 PM

BORIS

yeah that's what I thought too...but our lecturer is asking us to put it into the other categories...personally i think he's messing with us...thanks for your help :-)

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Tuesday, September 2, 2008 6:29 PM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

well "on" could be an adverb, but not in this context.

Let me know what the answer is!

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” Mahatma Gandhi

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Wednesday, September 3, 2008 4:36 PM

BORIS

I cornered my teacher/torturer into giving me some direction...we are treating it as a prepositional phrase behaving as a post modifier for a Verb phrase...in past times it would have been classified as an adverbial, but apparently that is a grammatic function that is no longer used. grrrr syntax....thanks again for your help

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

YOUR OPTIONS

SHARE THREAD

NEW POSTS TODAY

USER	POST DATE

USER

POST DATE