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Can you help with a grammar/interjection/verb problem?
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Dave
Joined: Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:49 am
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 Can you help with a grammar/interjection/verb problem? In "Hurry! My house is on fire!" Is the interjection "Hurry!" a verb with the subject being understood "you" and the complete thought being "You hurry!"?Someone mentioned something about it being an adverb, but I couldn't figure out how that works. I tried looking it up in a textbook and dictionary but neither gave me a direct answer.
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| Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:49 am |
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jillbryant
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Re: Can you help with a grammar/interjection/verb problem? Yes, it is a verb here with the "you" understood (think "can YOU please hurry?" or "YOU must hurry")
If it were an adverb it would be hurriedly - like he moved hurriedly (describing the verb moved...)
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stargirl
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Re: Can you help with a grammar/interjection/verb problem? I don't think that it's an interjection. An interjection is a word like "oh" or "hey"(i.e. Oh! My house is on fire! or Hey! My house is on fire!). The word "hurry" in your sentence is a verb being used in the imperative mood to express a command.
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| Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:25 am |
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infernal_seamonkey
Joined: Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:49 am
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Re: Can you help with a grammar/interjection/verb problem? An adverb describes a verb, so in this case "Hurry" is not an adverb, just a plain verb used as an interjection.
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| Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:28 am |
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River
Joined: Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:50 am
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Re: Can you help with a grammar/interjection/verb problem? It is most definatly NOT an adverb.
reasons:
-hurriedly is the adverb of hurry
-hurry is only used as a verb or noun
-hurry is not describing a verb/adverb/adjective
hope that helps
(please choose for best answer)
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| Tue Sep 23, 2008 5:45 am |
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daniel b
Joined: Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:49 am
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Re: Can you help with a grammar/interjection/verb problem? "Hurry" is a verb in the imperative (command) form. I believe the subject is implied to be the party(s) to whom the command is addressed.
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| Sat Sep 27, 2008 5:32 am |
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