HollyDay Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Is there such a thing as "the object of the verbal"? for example: Balancing the book on her head, the girl walked across the room. Balancing: verbal (participial present tense) the: article book: object of verbal??? on: beginning of prepositional phrase her: adj modifying head head: OP the: article girl: subject walked: verb across: beginning of prepositional phrase the: article room: OP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanaTron Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I was just reading about verbals in Magic Lens 1 this morning: verbals...become verbal phrases when they are modified by another word or when they have their own object. Now, what the correct term for that is, or how to diagram it, I have no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I have no comment other than to say that I intensely dislike the term "verbal" as a name for a piece of grammar and I don't even know what it is, LOL. Is it like a gerundive? Alternatively, is there a missing adverb ("while") that should be understood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Yes, there are objects of an infinitive, objects of a gerund, and objects of a participle. Here is a good explanation of the last one (scroll down to the part discussing the phrase "removing his coat"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 Thank you ladies!!!! Learn something new every day!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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