[Grammar] Today is as old as yesterday.

[mohammedabo]

Today is as old as yesterday.
Is yesterday here an object?
the source ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N9ICU0GzYM

 

[emsr2d2]

Today is as old as yesterday.
Is yesterday here an object?

[STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N9ICU0GzYM

I'm very ready to be corrected by a grammarian, but I believe it's a noun phrase. There is no object. The verb "be" ("is" in your sentence) is not transitive so no object comes after it.

 

[GoesStation]

I was going to guess that it's the subject of the implied phrase "as yesterday [was]".

 

[Rover_KE]

mohammedabo, you need to change 'old' to 'cold' in your title and text.

 

[emsr2d2]

mohammedabo, you need to change 'old' to 'cold' in your title and text.

Ohhhhh, I thought it was strange kind of proverb or idiom (perhaps a direct translation)!

 

[jutfrank]

Is yesterday here an object?

What do you mean by 'object'?

I think you might really be wondering whether it's a noun. Yes, it is.

 

[PaulMatthews]

Today is as old as yesterday.
Is yesterday here an object?
the source ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N9ICU0GzYM

Today is as cold as __ yesterday.

In simple terms, yes: "yesterday" is object (complement) of the preposition "as".

The analysis of "yesterday" is somewhat problematic. One solution is to treat it as a comparative clause reduced to just a single element, a noun phrase, functioning as complement of the preposition "as".

Note that I have inserted the gap notation '___' to show the reduction.

It’s possible to add material to the position of the gap, cf. "Today is a cold as it was __ yesterday".