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The Writing Centre

Simard Hall
Room 0021
60 University
P.O. Box 450
Station A, Ottawa, ON
Canada K1N 6N5

No telephone writing help available
Tel.: 613 562-5800 ext. 2267

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E-mail:
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Question:
The guard woken from his sleep by the burglar alarm knocked a bowl of potato chips off the desk.
Answer:
The answer This phrase functions as an Object is not correct.
Explanation:
In this sentence, the prepositional phrase "off the desk" functions as an adverb modifying the verb "knocked."
 
 
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