INI100H1 Lecture : Notes taken during lecture
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United states post office = title as a unit no possessive at end of states. If there are multiple interpretations and each has different grammatical marking, then make a choice and then leave a marginal note to indicate which situation is assumed here. verb with ing ending that is used as a noun (sbj, object, etc. ) The staff objects to kevin"s smoking : possessive needed, smoking is a noun here, in other words, the smoking of kevin *** ** can act as subject; direct object (which answers who or what after an action verb); indirect object (answers to whom or for whom the verb is doing) also as a preposition"s object: tricky here also since preposition use can be idiomatic, relates noun or pronoun to another word. as a predicate noun after a linking verb: linking verb is usually forms of be . connect subject with noun or adjective in the predicate: ex.