A student I have been volunteering with wrote the following sentence:
Some people may be encouraged to spend less on gas.
I am trying to break this down for him using the main sentence constituents.
Is the following correct?
subject = some people
verb phrase = may be
subject complement = encouraged to spend less on gas.
I would appreciate your guidance as I find this difficult
Thank you.
Hi, Mrchuffie,
@Mrchuffie posted:Some people may be encouraged to spend less on gas.
I am trying to break this down for him using the main sentence constituents.
Is the following correct?
subject = some people
verb phrase = may be
subject complement = encouraged to spend less on gas.
Actually, "may be encouraged" is a verb phrase in the passive voice coming from:
- You may encourage some people to spend less on gas.
"To spend less on gas" is an infinitival clause having "some people" as its subject.
