Nouns or nominatives of address are the persons or things to which you are speaking. They are set off from the rest of the sentence by a comma or commas, may have modifiers, and are not related to the rest of the sentence grammatically. You can remove them and a complete sentence remains. They may be first, last or in the middle of the sentence.
Examples:
John, where are you
going?
Where are you going, John?
Where, John, are you going?
Instructions: Find the verbs, subjects, predicate nominatives, direct objects, and nouns
of address in these sentences and tell whether the verb is transitive
active (ta), transitive passive (tp), intransitive linking (il), or intransitive
complete (ic).
1. Here, Mary, is a glass of water.
2. My fellowmen, there is no need for worry.
3. What happened to my car, Dad?
4. You, my friends, are so kind!
5. We have no more candy, Jeanne.
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Answers:
1. is = verb (ic), glass = subject, Mary = noun of address
2. is = verb (ic), need = subject, fellowmen = noun of address
3. happened = verb (ic), what = subject, Dad = noun of address
4. are = verb (il), you = subject, friends = noun of address
5. have = verb (ta), we = subject, candy = direct object, Jeanne = noun of
address
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