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Verbals
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Barbara Grimes <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:52:59 -0400
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I write a sentence as follows:

I'm truly sorry for what I've done.

"sorry" is a subject complement since "am" is an intransitive verb

"truly" is an adverb modifying sorry

How do I describe "for what I've done". Is it a prepostional phrase
with "what I've done" serving as the object of "for"?

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