In a message dated 9/27/99 9:37:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, marquis at icx_net
writes:
<< "Everyone" is definitley the subject, "looking" is the verb, "for" is
the preposition, "a," of course is an article, "truth" is the direct
object, "is" is the auxillary verb, and, "them" is a pronoun that
refers back to its subject and antecedent, "Everyone."
m >>
the unholy legions of grammar fiends ("My name is Legion, for we are
many--possessive verb/corollary pronoun disagreement, should read "Our names
are Legion, for we are many"; less ominous but better spoken, of course who
knows with that damn aramaic or greek or whatever was going on back then)
have cajoled and pleaded and finally tortured me to respond.
"For" is not a preposition, it is simply a modifier. A preposition is a
word or a phrase placed before a noun or pronoun (except in absolutely
terrible sentences) which indicates the relation of that noun or pronoun to
another word in the sentence. "For" doesn't do anything other than clarify,
it isn't a relational word.
tim, grammar teacher of ill-repute
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- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 10:45:22 EDT
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In a message dated 9/27/99 9:37:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, marquis at icx_net writes: << "Everyone" is definitley the subject, "looking" is the verb, "for" is the preposition, "a," of course is an article, "truth" is the direct object, "is" is the auxillary verb, and, "them" is a pronoun that refers back to its subject and antecedent, "Everyone." m >> the unholy legions of grammar fiends ("My name is Legion, for we are many--possessive verb/corollary pronoun disagreement, should read "Our names are Legion, for we are many"; less ominous but better spoken, of course who knows with that damn aramaic or greek or whatever was going on back then) have cajoled and pleaded and finally tortured me to respond. "For" is not a preposition, it is simply a modifier. A preposition is a word or a phrase placed before a noun or pronoun (except in absolutely terrible sentences) which indicates the relation of that noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence. "For" doesn't do anything other than clarify, it isn't a relational word. tim, grammar teacher of ill-repute
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