Asked by rfvv
1. The letter on the table is yours.
2. A letter on the table is yours.
[#1 is correct? What about #2?]
3. He kept singing the song.
[In this sentence, what is the part of speech of 'kept'? Is 'kept' a transitive verb? And is 'singing' the object of the verb? Or is 'kept' an intransitive verb? And is 'singing' the subject complement of the verb?]
2. A letter on the table is yours.
[#1 is correct? What about #2?]
3. He kept singing the song.
[In this sentence, what is the part of speech of 'kept'? Is 'kept' a transitive verb? And is 'singing' the object of the verb? Or is 'kept' an intransitive verb? And is 'singing' the subject complement of the verb?]
Answers
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Reed
#1 indicates one letter on the table. #2 indicates one of more than one letter is on the table, but only one of them is yours.
#3. "kept" is a transitive verb. Something must be maintained, singing (crying, shouting, whatever he's doing) or an object, whatever, so it takes a direct object. In this case, singing is being maintained or kept. To keep doing something or to keep an object is an action.
#3. "kept" is a transitive verb. Something must be maintained, singing (crying, shouting, whatever he's doing) or an object, whatever, so it takes a direct object. In this case, singing is being maintained or kept. To keep doing something or to keep an object is an action.