I go to the school.
What is the name of the parts?
- Is its compliment/object/adverb equivalent/adjective equivalent?
If not then what?[/u]
(1) I think that “to the school” is called a prepositional phrase.
(2) It tells where you are going, so it modifies the verb “go.”
(3) Since it modifies a verb, we would say that it is an adverbial complement. (complement = to complete the meaning)
(4) I = pronoun; go = verb; to = preposition; the = adjective (newer books say “determiner”); school (noun).
another question is
What is the passive form of the following sentence?
“May you live long.”
What is the passive form of the following sentence?
“May you live long.”
What is the passive form of the following sentence?
“May you live long.”
(1) No language professional has answered your interesting question yet, so may I start?
(2) I think that the simple answer is: you cannot change such a sentence to the passive. Please remember that not all sentences can be changed to the passive.
(3) I have checked Michael Swan’s very popular Practical English Usage, and I would like to offer these comments:
(a) I can say “I hope that you may live long.”
(b) I can change that to “May you live long.”
© And if you absolutely need a passive sentence, you could
say “It is hoped (by me) that you may live long.”
I guess we could also say that “May you live long” means “May you live a long life”, whose passive would be “May a long life be lived by you”. This would normally not be natural, but might conceivably be used for some special stylistic effect.
Thanks Dozy and James M. Very Very thanks you two.
Actually I read English grammar regularly. But I didn’t get any description or any comment for Optative and exclamatory sentences about voice change. And I was confused that Is it possible or not to change an Optative Or exclamatory sentence into passive. But after posting it to the english-test.net I got a solution from you two. I think this solution will be so helpful for me.
I have got solution for one kind sentences what about the others—
Examples----
- How interesting a poem it is!/How interesting the poem is!
- had I a wings!/Were I a king!
Please tell me whether the following sentence is correct.
“Just go straight ahead.”
Thanks Dozy and James M. Very Very thanks you two.
Actually I read English grammar regularly. But I didn’t get any description or any comment for Optative and exclamatory sentences about voice change. And I was confused that Is it possible or not to change an Optative Or exclamatory sentence into passive. But after posting it to the english-test.net I got a solution from you two. I think this solution will be so helpful for me.
I have got solution for one kind sentences what about the others—
Examples----
- How interesting a poem it is!/How interesting the poem is!
- had I a wings!/Were I a king!
Thank you, Mother l, for your kind note. I, too, am interested in your new question, and I shall be waiting to see what the language professionals say. I also am waiting for a language professional to answer Ratnayake’s question.
I read English grammar regularly. But I didn’t get any description or any comment for Optative and exclamatory sentences about voice change. And I was confused that Is it possible or not to change an Optative Or exclamatory sentence into passive. But after posting a optative sentence to the english-test.net I got a solution. I think this solution will be so helpful for me.
I have got solution for one kind sentences what about the others—
Examples----
- How interesting a poem it is!/How interesting the poem is!
- had I a wings!/Were I a king!
Now
I don’t want to know the passive form of the examples that I wrote above.
I just want to know Legally is it possible or not to convert a exclamatory sentence into passive form.
Yes, it’s OK. It could literally mean “continue walking/driving in the direction you’re pointing”, or it could be giving someone permission to do something.
(When asking a new question it’s best to start a new thread rather than tacking the question onto the end of an existing thread.)
You mean you want these in the passive? Unless I’m missing something, I don’t see how any sentence whose main verb is “be” can be made into a passive, so that would exlude #1 and the second example in #2.
The first example in #2 is not quite right. I’m guessing you mean “Had I wings!”, in the sense “If I had wings (then…)” or “I wish I had wings!”. You can make a clumsy attempt like “If wings were had by me!”, but it is not really viable.
By the way, I don’t think it’s a great idea to keep posting the same question every few hours. It just clutters the thread and confuses things. Give people time to reply. If no one has replied after a few days then try again.
thanks Dozy,
I will try to follow your instruction.
Mr James M,
If “to the school” is a prepositional phrase then it act as preposition (as I learned). But it is acting as a adverb here. Then, can we call it as prepositional phrase?
Mr James M, I think it is a adverb phrase.(Since it is acting as adverb).
what do you think?
Note that only the verb that is [color=red]transitively used can be passivized.
For instance:
He runs fast (here the verb ‘run’ is intransitive), so it has not passive form.
He runs a shop (here the verb is transitive), so we may passivize it and say A shop is run by him.
In your sentence the verb live is intransitively used. Usually, an optative sentence is used in the Active Voice.
(1) Great question!
(2) I have checked my books, and I think that I have good news: you and I are correct!
(3) Yes, it is a prepositional phrase for the simple fact that it starts with a preposition.
(4) Yes, it is an adverb phrase for the simple fact that it is acting as an adverb in your sentence.
(5) One of my books would call it a prepositional phrase "acting
as an adverbial modifier."
(6) Another one of my books prefers your term. That is, since it is
being used as an adverb, the book calls it an ADVERBIAL PHRASE.
(7) I hope that the language professionals will tell us their
opinions.
(P.S. Some teachers no longer teach words like “prepositional/ adverb phrase.” These teachers say it is not important to know what you call them. The only important thing is to know how to speak and write English well!)
Yes, the term used by grammarians may vary, but the correct usage is what matters. In my opinion the phrase ‘to the school’ is an adverb of place. It is the place (rather than the direction indicated by ‘to’ - a preposition) which is more pertinent to the verb ‘go’. So, it can aptly be called an adverbial phrase.