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Is walking the d.o. in this sentence?

Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 3:11 pm
by donnach
I stopped walking yesterday.

I=subject
stopped=verb
walking=gerund serving as d.o.
yesterday=adverb modifying stopped

Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 3:46 pm
by donnach
why is no one answering my question? i'm starting to feel self-conscious here. is it too dumb of a question?

Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 9:16 pm
by Stephen Jones
You've already answered both your questions!

Yes, and yes.

Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 12:31 am
by woodcutter
As long as you don't mind a (possibly confusing) discussion starting due to your questions Donna - that is the point of the forum - please keep them coming. I would say there are no easy questions of this type really, no "dumb" questions, because different people view grammar in different ways.

Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 5:19 pm
by Sally Olsen
Could it be described as;

I = participant
stopped walking = process
yesterday = circumstance