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b7lake
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 Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:50 am Post subject: phrase: out of breath |
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(1)The dog lay 'out of breath.'
(2)This fruit is 'far from ripe.'
(3)The machine is 'out of order.'
'out of breath', 'far from ripe' and 'out of order' are adverbial phrases.
Is it right?
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:04 am Post subject: Re: phrase: out of breath |
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| b7lake wrote: |
(1)The dog lay 'out of breath.'
(2)This fruit is 'far from ripe.'
(3)The machine is 'out of order.'
'out of breath', 'far from ripe' and 'out of order' are adverbial phrases.
Is it right? |
"out of breath" looks like an adverbial phrase (modifying lay). But "far from ripe" and "out of order" are predicate adjectives modifying fruit and machine respectively. Though if you diagram the sentences, you could show that "from ripe" and "of order" are adverbial prepositional phrases modifying far and out. |
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