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Your videos are really helping me improve my grammar. The example used for explaining prepositional phrases "Josie is inside the store"... Is the verb complement acting as an adjective or adverb here? Thanks again @The Learning Depot.
Is "inside the store" a verb complement and not a subject complement because the phrase is functioning as an adverb? And subject complements can only be a noun or an adjective?
@@thelearningdepot Thanks! That's helpful to know. Am I correct in understanding that "is" isn't functioning as a "linking verb" here? It is a "intransitive complete action" verb? 🤯
@@T12321 Ahhh, now you're going down a grammar rabbit hole. Some linguists/grammarians would agree with you that in this case "is" is not copular. Some would disagree. However, the prepositional phrase "inside the store" completes "is" which could be considered stative intransitive.
When talking about phrase types, you mention these 7 in the video, but when reading through your replies, you mention other types. For example: Adjective phrase, Adverbial phrase and verb phrases. May I ask why you chose not to list them as other types? It confusing me. Is it because they fall under some of the other types of phrases? Or was the first list (7 common types pf phrases) not exhaustive? You mention that all phrases function as either Nouns, adverbs, or adjectives and so I am trying to follow that rule to understand some of the other types, but at this point, im really confused. When looking elsewhere , they mention a different number of phrases and include in their examples, some of the above mentioned. Can you clarify? PS. I usually find your channel very clear, precise and educational and share the videos with people who are struggling. Many thanks :)
A participial phrase may begin with a present participle or past participle. Check out this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AhEI_cQVLyE.html
@@sassiaboubakr Yes, a participle can begin a sentence without being a participial phrase. Like in this example: Exhausted, the runner collapsed on the track. In this case, the participle "exhausted" is modifying "the runner" and acting as an adjective. I hope this answers your question.
"You don't have to be great to start, but you do have to start to be great." "You have to be good to be lucky and lucky to be good." Hi. Maybe you can help me understand these two phrases and how they function. Does this type of phrasing have a name? I see these a lot and I am very curious to know if there is a name for this "style" or phrasing. Merci beaucoup! :)
It can be considered a gerund here. In this sentence, there are no stigmata to distinguish this idiomatic use as any one of the uses of Verb-ing words.
+In the example you give for a prepositional phrase "Josie is inside the store": you state this is acting as a verb complement. Is that because "IS" (the verb to be) is used? It seems to me an argument could be made to call it adverbial since is answers the question where, revealing where Josie is. Unless you would have to say 'Josie went to the store' for it to be adverbial?
Hello I hope you'll be answer my question, so My neighbour down the street baked me a pie Is a clause right? And the Noun phrase is My neighbour, not the whole sentence. Basically, a phrase can be part of a clause and doesn't convey a complete thought when Alone?
Any time! A predicate is the part of the sentence that has the verb. In a complete sentence you must have a subject and a predicate. This vid should help you. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-K8s8vVZ-OqE.html
The girl with blue eyes Type is a noun phrase Function it describes the feature of the girl With blue eyes Prepositional phrase Function it gives information about the girl having blue eyes Is this correct?
In the example, (The baby ate the applesauce with pleasure, cooing and gurgling as she took each spoonful.) why didn't the absolute phrase begin with a noun?
please can you explain to me more, because all the type of phrases are contain subject and predicat, noun, and in the end of the vedio you are mentioned that the phrases doesn't contains noun, subject, predicat
You could say that it's part of the long verb phrase that includes any completers. Technically, when used alone, it's a prepositional phrase and also an adverbial phrase.
At 3:20 that is heading southbound is an adjective clause. A phrase can be a part of a clause. But I doubt about the opposite. In your example, an adjective clause is a part of the verb phrase.
Yes, that is partly correct. I've removed the section to avoid confusion since the word "that" in this case signals the adjective, or adjectival clause.
@@thelearningdepot I watched another video and it seems you are right and I am wrong. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QU1kugfLmjg.html at 2:17 he said we can have clauses inside phrases. Now I am even more confused.
This is the thing, the word "that" can function as different parts of speech, and depending on the context, you CAN have a dependent clause inside of a broader phrase. This is especially true of adjective phrases. In the specific example which I removed from the video: He is running quickly toward the bus that is headed southbound. The verb running is actually followed by a prepositional phrase, toward the bus. And when you add the adjective clause that is headed southbound, it complicates the sentences even further. But in essence, it's all part of the verb phrase. So in effect, you can pick out phrases within phrases, clauses within phrases, and of course, you have compound-complex sentences that may have two + independent or two + dependent clauses. Hope this helps. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ae2r8qh74ys.html
What you said about a verb phrase is confusing. We all know that a verb phrase is a grouyof words containing the main verb and an auxiliary or a modal verb
You had a gerund in a sentence that you also used as a participle. You did not make clear how by adding the word it on the gerund side makes a difference 😮
A prepositional phrase may be an adverbial phrase if it's modifying an adjective, a verb, or another adverb. If it's telling when, where, how, why, to what extent, an under what condition, then it's functioning as an adverb.
