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1. Identify each verbal or verbal phrase. Then indicate whether it is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun: By living a life of patience and unselfishness, Hester eventually becomes the community's angel. <The part i underlined is a verbal phrase.> But what is it used as? i think it is an adjective to modify Hester.

2. Combine each pair of sentences into one sentence that contains an appositive: 1)Some people perform amazing feats when they are very young. These people are geniuses from birth. My sentence is: Some people, geniuses from birth, perform amazing feats when they are very young. 2)Paul Klee was a Swiss painter. As a child he was frightened by his own drawings of devils. My sentence is: Paul Klee, a swiss painter, as a child he was frightened by his own drawings of devils.

3. What does postponed subject mean? And what does expletive mean?

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

1. Identify each verbal or verbal phrase. Then indicate whether it is used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun: By living a life of patience and unselfishness, Hester eventually becomes the community's angel. <The part i underlined is a verbal phrase.> But what is it used as? i think it is an adjective to modify Hester. It seems adverbial to me. It answers the question 'How does she become the .. angel?'

2. Combine each pair of sentences into one sentence that contains an appositive: 1)Some people perform amazing feats when they are very young. These people are geniuses from birth. My sentence is: Some people, geniuses from birth, perform amazing feats when they are very young. OK

2)Paul Klee was a Swiss painter. As a child he was frightened by his own drawings of devils. My sentence is: Paul Klee, a swiss painter, as a child he was frightened by his own drawings of devils.

Almost OK. Paul Klee, a swiss painter, was frightened as a child by his own drawings of devils.

Or more awkwardly, Paul Klee, a swiss painter, as a child was frightened by his own drawings of devils.

3. What does postponed subject mean? I'm sure there's some well-known grammatical meaning, but when I just look at the words it could mean something like 'Into the room came Tom'. In this case. the subject is postponed/deferred to the end of the sentence.

And what does expletive mean? It commonly means a word or phrase used as an exclamation. Such things are often either religious words or sexual taboo terms. eg If I accidentally hit my finger hard with my hammer, I might say 'Jesus!' or '****!'

Best wishes, Clive

MIA6 · Answer

THanks for answering my questions. Now i got your point.

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