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ESL forum > Grammar and Linguistics > HELP NEEDED: WHICH GRAMMAR THEME    

HELP NEEDED: WHICH GRAMMAR THEME



diadora
Turkey

HELP NEEDED: WHICH GRAMMAR THEME
 
Dear colleagues, could you tell me in which grammar theme the students learn the construction " She knocked my drink flying"
 
What kind of construction is  " knocked my drink flying" .
 
Can you suggest any grammar book to learn such structures?
Thanks in advance!

6 Mar 2016      





chrisel
Canada

I think this might fall into the same category as Verbs of Perception - here �s a link:
 http://www.englishgrammar.org/verbs-perception/
 
C.

6 Mar 2016     



Lusi12
Ukraine

It is a so-called complex object. A structure: Subject + Predicate + Complex Object (Noun/Pronoun + Infinitive/Participle 1).
 

7 Mar 2016     



Matthew@ELSP
Japan

I would not have been able to answer that off the top of my head. Thanks Lusi12, I am now going to swat up on that. At first I was tempted to say that it is like a phrasal verb.


Example: She knocked my drink over.
 
Of course that needs a verb + preposition, which I can see is not what we have here.
Thank you for an interesting question.
 

8 Mar 2016