Death + Grammar
By: ForevarDarkness
He wants to die
To die is an infinitive
Isn't death the final infinity
Is die a verb?
Dying is an action
So dying would be the action
That leads to the ultimate inaction
Dying can also be a gerund
A gerund is a verb changed into a noun
A noun in the subject
Why would anyone want death to be the subject?
Dying is a present participial
But you're no longer
Present after you die
When death occurs the person has "passed on"
'Passed on' is a past participial
When you've "passed on" you are the past
He is dead. That is a simple sentence
However death is quite complex
His death may not be so simple
To him
He is dead, and we are sad
Is a complex sentence
How we feel is still a simple sentiment
Before he died,.. Is a subordinate clause
It cannot stand alone and since he died
Neither can he.
Where he died, we don't know.
It's a complex sentence
And a complex subject
With no simple answer
The dearly departed, who remains unnamed,
Has been a good sport about this.
'Who remains unnamed' is the adjective clause.
Once he starts smelling other adjectives will apply
Dying is also called kicking the bucket
There are many other adverb clauses we could use
But we prefer to think our unnamed dearly departed has
Been laid to rest along with this poem.
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kind is prohibited without the written consent of ForevarDarkness.
By: ForevarDarkness
He wants to die
To die is an infinitive
Isn't death the final infinity
Is die a verb?
Dying is an action
So dying would be the action
That leads to the ultimate inaction
Dying can also be a gerund
A gerund is a verb changed into a noun
A noun in the subject
Why would anyone want death to be the subject?
Dying is a present participial
But you're no longer
Present after you die
When death occurs the person has "passed on"
'Passed on' is a past participial
When you've "passed on" you are the past
He is dead. That is a simple sentence
However death is quite complex
His death may not be so simple
To him
He is dead, and we are sad
Is a complex sentence
How we feel is still a simple sentiment
Before he died,.. Is a subordinate clause
It cannot stand alone and since he died
Neither can he.
Where he died, we don't know.
It's a complex sentence
And a complex subject
With no simple answer
The dearly departed, who remains unnamed,
Has been a good sport about this.
'Who remains unnamed' is the adjective clause.
Once he starts smelling other adjectives will apply
Dying is also called kicking the bucket
There are many other adverb clauses we could use
But we prefer to think our unnamed dearly departed has
Been laid to rest along with this poem.
© Copyright 2003 ForevarDarkness. All rights reserved. Distribution of any
kind is prohibited without the written consent of ForevarDarkness.