Hi lovely writers,
I'm passionate about languages, and have been for quite some time. At university I majored in English and French and minored in Linguistics, and so I am happy to answer any questions you may have about words and languages, especially English. I live in Australia and therefore use Australian spelling when I type (i.e., 'I realise my mum's favourite colour is blue.'), but I'm familiar with American spelling too.
All relevant questions welcome. :) Ask away!
I AM STRUGGLING SO MUCH AND HONESTLY THIS DOESNT EVEN HAVE TO DO WITH MY BOOK ITS A FINAL FOR A CLASS TAT I DIDNT HAVE TO TAKE AND JUST HAVE TO PASS!
it wants me to identify the sentence as Subject(S)- Verb(V), S-V-DO(direct object); S-V-IndirectObject-DO; or S-Linking Verb-SubjectCompliment. and im stuck on this one sentence:
Stealthy Sally crept into the cupboard to hide from her parents.
im thinking it's S-V-DO but im honestly not sure i would love your help if you can give it, if you cant that's fine too but I figured id ask.
So, to be S-V-DO your sentence would need a direct object. Problem is, the sentence you've shown me doesn't have a grammatical object. The verb is crept, which is an intransitive verb (intransitive means it doesn't have an object, like sleep, argue and fall).
Stealthy Sally (subject)
crept (verb)
into the cupboard (prepositional phrase)
to hide (infinitive functioning like an adverb)
from her parents (prepositional phrase)
Typically direct objects are not linked to the verb with prepositions.
Stealthy Sally crept into the cupboard to hide from her parents.
^That sentence has prepositions everywhere. :)
Unless the definitions for the terms (S, DO, V, etc.) are way different from the definitions we used in linguistics at uni, that is definitely an S-V sentence.
Which part of the sentence were you thinking would be the direct object? I might be able to explain how it works so you're not as confused next time.
Thank you! That makes sense. I was debating on if it was S-V or S-V-DO because i wasnt sure if the cupboard was a direct object because like she crept to it but my teacher didnt even teach us grammar at all this year so I had no idea. I think he maybe mentioned direct objects once and like, never explained indirect objects. I was googling things and was just really lost.
honestly i'm a freshman in college and haven't gone over grammar in an english class since seventh grade and I only remember learning grammar in seventh grade because I vaguely remember my teacher drawing sentence diagrams on the board and being confused lol. Thanks again, I really appreciate it!
No worries! Let me know if you need help with any other concepts, I’m more than happy to assist. :)