Теоретическая грамматика английского языка

e.g. To tell the truth, I didn't like her at first. It isn't quite correct, strictly speaking. She will probably tell you about it herself. It was a rainy day but fortunately it was not cold. Will you kindly keep me informed? The Interjection or a phrase equivalent to an inteijection is also considered a kind of parentliesis by some scholars unless, of course, it is a sentence in itself This element is called an interjectional enclosure by Blokh. It is defined as a speaker-bound emotional modifier of the sentence. e.g. Oh, but she depended entirely on his voice. Oh, dear, I hope I'll be a success! Questions for self-control: 1. What are the main parts of the sentence? 2. Give the definitions. 3. What can they be expressed by? Syntactic Complexes The subject-predicate relationship may be found in an English sentence not only between the grammatical subject and the finite predicate but also in some phrases consisting of at least two elements — a subject and a predicative. Such phrases, usually known as syntactic complexes, differfrom the real subject and the predicate of the sentence in that they lack a finite verb and therefore what is expressed in them cannot be dkectly related to reality. It is done indkectly — by means of the phrase being syntactically connected with the predicate proper. Syntactic complexes may be of the following kinds; 1) The Complex Object — a syntactic construction which is lexically dependent and found after a limited number of verbs in the Active Voice. The complex object consists of a noun in the common case or an indefinite pronoun or a personal pronoun in the objective case serving as an object in the sentence, and a predicative which may be expressed by a noun, an adjective, an adverb, an infinitive with or without the particle to, an ing-form and a participle. e.g. His humour made him a welcome guest. When they came they found the house empty. I don't want any light on. Why don't you get somebody to explain it to you? I watched her move away from us. I felt him looking at me now and again. I had never before seen the game played. 2) The Complex Subject — a syntactic construction which is lexically dependent and found with a limited number of verbs in the Passive Voice. The complex subject consists of a noim in the common case, an indefinite pronoun or a personal pronoun in the nominative case serving as the subject of the sentence, and a 37