"Finding a backdrop from which to celebrate the liberation of Mosul will be difficult, though." (The Economist.)
Is "a backdrop from which to celebrate the liberation of Mosul" a noun phrase in the above?
anonymous Is "a backdrop from which to celebrate the liberation of Mosul" a noun phrase in the above? Yes. Do you understand what the journalist means by 'backdrop'?
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anonymousIs "a backdrop from which to celebrate the liberation of Mosul" a noun phrase in the above?
Yes.
Do you understand what the journalist means by 'backdrop'?