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plz help me? what are those nominals?:S?
Okay so im 1st year english lit and i got stuck in this Syntax Course. its about NOMINALS. which are Subject of the verb - subject complement - direct object - Indirect object - Objective complement - Object of preposition - retained object.
okay so i cant seem to understand no matter how much i read. its sayin that these come by POSITION. so for example this word or phrase is an OBJECT OF PREPOSITION in POSITION. plz help. thanks in advance.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Often called NOUNS
Nouns can appear in several roles in sentences, as you've listed.
Strictly speaking, pronouns are also nominals, and in English they vary by funtion:
subject:
**I am** responding
object:
Can you help **me** with this question?
Write to **me** please
possessive:
Someone borrowed **my** iPhone, and I am devastated.
Perhaps if you tried to improve your attitude ('stuck in Syntax' doesn't sound like you are willing to take it as a challenge) you would begin see the point and purpose for studying these nominals.
Perhaps.
Perhaps not???