Mihaela Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Direct Object Clause vs. Subject Clause
Hi,
Could you, please, help me out with the following exercise:
Specify the syntactic function of the embedded clause:
For you to win the competition would be essential to your club.
Direct Object Clause
Subject Clause
Prepositional Object Clause
Indirect Object Clause
I think it´s a Subject Clause, but someone said it´s a Direct Object Clause.
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Could you, please, help me out with the following exercise:
Specify the syntactic function of the embedded clause:
For you to win the competition would be essential to your club.
Direct Object Clause
Subject Clause
Prepositional Object Clause
Indirect Object Clause
I think it´s a Subject Clause, but someone said it´s a Direct Object Clause.
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Top answer
For you to win the competition is the subject of the sentence. 'Be' does not take direct objects anyway.
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For you to win the competition is the subject of the sentence. 'Be' does not take direct objects anyway.
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