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Sat 13 Mar, 2004 11:58 am
Hi, thanks for your help.
I am having trouble with these, please check and see if I am correct.
Patterns: 1: Subject Predicate
2. Sub. Pred. Direct Obj.
3: Sub. Pred. Indirect Obj. Direct Obj.
4: Sub. Linking Verb Predicate Noun
5: Sub. Linking Verb Pred. Adjective
1. Hoping to win first prize, Tom entered the contest.
I say it is pattern 4
2. She always stood up for what she believed in.
I say pattern 3
3. London, which is the largest city in England, is also the capital of that country.
I say pattern 4
4. He showed his father his sincerity by cooperating with all his teachers at school.
I say pattern 3
5. To err is human; to forgive is divine.
I say pattern 5
Hey, Raelynn. Welcome to A2K. It's a little difficult seesawing back and forth to test your pattern correctness.
Just remember this, and you can be your own judge:
There are two basic patterns in English grammar:
Subject verb
Subject verb complement.
All the rest are expansions.
Verbals are quite difficult, especially when it comes to ascertaining the part of speech.
Hope this helps.