User:Foxjwill/English Grammar Reference

• Subject verb object

1. As direct objects
2. :He told her (that) she was smart.
3. Similarly with verb-like adjectives
4. :Convinced (that) he could manage it without help, he decided to proceed.

Tells more about the subject by means of the verb.

:She looks sick.

:Apples are red.

1. Determinerless noun phrase
2. :Builders are at work.
3. Determiner phrase
4. :The large car stopped at my house.
5. Gerund – can form a determiner phrase
6. :Eating is pleasure.