Bepleased Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Tell me the part of speech of these phrases
Hi,
Could any one give me a clear definition about the part of speech in grammar with the following phrases.
1. [a political] [hot potato];
2. [his] [motive]
3. but some bushes broke [his] [fall]
4. Nothing is impossible to [a willing]
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Thanks very much.
Could any one give me a clear definition about the part of speech in grammar with the following phrases.
1. [a political] [hot potato];
2. [his] [motive]
3. but some bushes broke [his] [fall]
4. Nothing is impossible to [a willing]
.Thanks very much.
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They all seem rather straightforward to me, bepleased. Please tell us which parts of speech you think they are, and we will check your effort.
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They all seem rather straightforward to me, bepleased. Please tell us which parts of speech you think they are, and we will check your effort.
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OK I try.
1. [a political] [hot potato];-----[a political] is attributive
2. [his] [motive]-----[his] is a pronoun of the possessive case
3. but some bushes broke [his] [fall]----[his] is ditto
4.Nothing is impossible to [a willing]
1. [a political] [hot potato];-----[a political] is attributive
2. [his] [motive]-----[his] is a pronoun of the possessive case
3. but some bushes broke [his] [fall]----[his] is ditto
4.Nothing is impossible to [a willing]
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1. [a political] [hot potato];--- --[a political] is attributive —OK
2. [his] [motive]- -[his] is a pronoun of the possessive case — More often called a possessive adjective, but OK.
3. but some bushes broke [his] [fall]- -[his] is ditto— Ditto.
4.Nothing is impossible to [a willing]
2. [his] [motive]- -[his] is a pronoun of the possessive case — More often called a possessive adjective, but OK.
3. but some bushes broke [his] [fall]- -[his] is ditto— Ditto.
4.Nothing is impossible to [a willing]
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Hi Mister Micawber,
To say [political] is attributive that is hard for me to understand.
[A political hot potato] means the polity has / experiences a hot potato.
To say [political] is attributive that is hard for me to understand.
[A political hot potato] means the polity has / experiences a hot potato.
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'Attributive' simply means that the adjective precedes its noun. It is a grammatical term for a premodifying adjective, that is all.
Postmodifying adjectives are called either postpositive adjectives (immediately after the noun) or predicative (in the predicate).
Postmodifying adjectives are called either postpositive adjectives (immediately after the noun) or predicative (in the predicate).
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