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Tuesday, September 2, 2008 5:46 PM

BORIS


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)


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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

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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 :-)

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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

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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

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