Basic Expressions

July 2007

Jerry Ball1, Andrea Heiberg2 Air Force Research Laboratory1

L3 Communications2

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Complex Auxiliary + Transitive Verb“the man could not have been kicking a bell”

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Predicate Adjective + Negative“I am not ready”

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Yes-No Question + Ditransitive Verb“is he giving me the ball”

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Transitive Verb + Infinitive Clause“I like to kick the ball”

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Tran Verb + Obj + Participial Clause“I like you kicking the ball”

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Intransitive Verb + Adverb“he is going quickly”

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Complex Nominal“it is the old target altitude restrictions”

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Predicate Adjective + Adverb“he is very sad”

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Verb + Object + Situation Complement

“he told me he is sad”

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“that is correct”

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Nested Prepositional Phrases“the book on the table by the ball is sad”

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Predicate Preposition“the book is on the table”

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Verb + Situation Complement“I think the man by the table likes you”

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Doubly Embedded Clauses“I told him you think he likes it”

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“Yes-No-Question“is there a book on the table”

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Transitive Verb + Object Modifiers“the old man likes the red ball”