My question on another post was side-stepped inadvertently. You were all busy discussing poems and the like, which is probably far more interesting than my topic, so I can totally understand.
Nevertheless, my persistency urges me to repeat the question:
Oh—and just so you know, in Massachusetts we refer to behavior like hers as eccentric at the most; at the least, entirely unremarkable.
Following the verb is a prepositional phrase. But I don’t know its function. It cannot be an object, because it is a preposition. I remember the term prepositional object, which applies, but I’m sure a more common term applies here, and I cannot figure it out :(
And can you have a look at the rest below, too?
like hers—prepostional phrase (adjectivally modifying behaviour)\
as—conjunction…
eccentric—adjective (modifying eccentric)
at the most—prep phrase (adverb modifying eccentric)
Hopefully your brains can recall what you learned in the past; my brain is failing on me. Off to eat some tuna. Cheers.
Oh—and just so you know, in Massachusetts we refer to behavior like hers as eccentric at the most; at the least, entirely unremarkable.
I think you’ve come across another idiomatic expression: refer to …as, which mean “call” It you substitute call for refer to…as (“…we call behavior like hers eccentric…”), you end up with S V DO OC.
I think you’ve come across another idiomatic expression: refer to …as, which mean “call” It you substitute call for refer to…as (“…we call behavior like hers eccentric…”), you end up with S V DO OC.
So eccentric modifies behavior.
Thanks, idioms annoy me.
I think you missed out the prep phrase, probably intentionally:
Tried it for the first time about a month ago. It was also the last time. Prefer tuna in other forms. But I burn water trying to boil it, so don’t cook it too often.
I spoke to a friend about this, who is not qualified, but who is learning this type of grammar at the moment.
And he agreed with me (well, my guess) that it was a prepositional object—an object that is neither a DO or an IO, because it is formed from a preposition. The whole prepositional phrase is the prepositional object.
And do you guys have the flavoured tuna in cans? Sweet Thai Chillie for example?
And he agreed with me (well, my guess) that it was a prepositional object—an object that is neither a DO or an IO, because it is formed from a preposition. The whole prepositional phrase is the prepositional object.
I don’t see it for two reasons:
(1) prepositional object is a synonym for object of preposition.
(2) Prepositional phrases are modifiers, objects are nouns, and modifier cannot be nouns. It’s like calling something furry a cat dog.
And do you guys have the flavoured tuna in cans? Sweet Thai Chili for example?
Haven’t seen it. Is it good? I like tuna not in cans. If it’s in a can, I use it to make tuna salad.
(1) prepositional objectt is a synonym for object of preposition.
(2) Prepositional phrases are modifiers, objects are nouns, and modifier cannot be nouns. It’s like calling something furry a cat dog.
This was my initial thought, which made me create this thread in the first place. Before I received an answer from you, I received the answer from a friend, who called it a prepositional object.
Yes, the terms are synonymous, but I was under the impression that the object of the preposition is the object of both the verb and the preposition. However, the object is called a prepositional object.
Tuna in a can is o.k. The wide-range of flavors are tasty, including sweet thail chilli, basil and something else, and many more. But the pieces of tuna are quite small and shredded, implying that the bits of tuna are the reject bits of the fish. But I’m not here to investigate the underbelly of the canned tuna industry, so I recommend trying it as a quick, healthy meal, which will help improve the quality of your answers.
Look at my versatility! First I’m discussing grammar; now, tuna.
And I’m even punctuating with semicolons in the presence of ellipsed clauses, just to please Cosmic.
