This happened when planes began landing on American soil and in the Philippines, bringing back men who had lived with honor for many miserable years in North Vietnam prisons.
1; Identify its type, its complements and any adjuncts it may have that are revelants.
- Type: Predicative compound verb - Composed of an auxilary (had) + a lexical verb preterite form (to live)
As complements: [with honor] and [for many miserable years]
As adjunct: [in North Vietnam prisons]
2; As the clause is in the broader context of a passage, if relevant, check if there are any references and check the semantics to be sure of the intended meaning of the speaker.
- Semantics: State verb (the whole text is a speech by Ronald Reagan). However the whole meaning of the sentence would rather mean "to survive" rather than simple "to live", hence it is an action verb with the meaning "to survive.
THERE GOES THE PROBLEM
3; Identify the problem or problems to be answered in the question (tense/time conflict, aspect, modality, etc.) and state them clearly;
4; Proceed to answer the question by justifying your analyses, testing your hypotheses when necessary by manipulating the language, and making all the revelant concluding remarks.
J'galere a finir la question 2, et les deux dernieres questions obviously.
This post was edited by SoldierOfFortune on Dec 11 2013 01:45pm