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S+V+O ¡@
S+V+O
S+V+OI DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM
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| Mary, a prostitute who had close relationship
with Jesus, expressed her confusion and affection toward Him in the song "I Don't Know How to Love Him." Quite interestingly, the pattern of Subject + Verb + Object is
so clear. |
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I don't know how to love him,
what to do, (and) how to move him.
S+V+O |
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I ------------------Subject |
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| don't know-----Complete transitive verb | |
| how to love him, what to do, (and) how to move him | |
| --------------------Object (Interrogative noun phrase) | |
| [References]: | |
| I don't know how to take this. | |
| I don't see why he moves me. (Interrogative clause) | |
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I've
had so many, many men before.
S+V+O |
|
I ----------------Subject |
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| have
had------Complete transitive verb |
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| men-------------Object (Noun) | |
| [References]: | |
| I'd turn my head. | |
| He scares me so. | |
| I want him so. | |
| I love him so. | |
| Should I bring him down? (I should bring him down.) | |
| Should I speak of love? (I should speak of love.) | |
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I never thought I'd come to this.
S+V+O |
|
I --------------------------------------Subject |
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| thought-----------------------------Complete
transitive verb |
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| (that) I'd come to this-----------Object (Noun clause) | |
| [Reference]: | |
| Don't you think it's rather funny? (You think it's rather funny.) | |
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I
wouldn't want to know.
S+V+O |
| I--------------------Subject | |
| wouldn't want--Complete transitive verb | |
| to know----------Object (Infinitive phrase) | |
