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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

A implied main verb

But the tendency of one power to emerge dominant remained as it had elsewhere in the world: in ancient Sumer, in Egypt and eventually with Macedonia dominating the city states of Greece. The balance of power among the Chinese states failed, and the state that would conquer the others was Qin (pronounced chin) – the word from which the state today called China gets its name).
[Warring States http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch14.htm]

1. I'd like to know if "of one power to emerge dominant" modifies "tendency."
2. I'd also like to know whether a word implied after "had" is "been" or "remained."
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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park sang joon 1. " It seems to me that in the most recent approaches to grammar, this would be called a complement rather than a modifier, but unless you are enrolled in a course that makes the distinction, it should do no harm to say that the of -phrase/ of -clause is a modifier. park sang joon 2.

— CalifJim

  • park sang joon 1.
  • " It seems to me that in the most recent approaches to grammar, this would be called a complement rather than a modifier, but unless you are enrolled in a course that makes the distinction, it should do no harm to say that the of -phrase/ of -clause is a modifier.
  • park sang joon 2.
  • " remained CJ
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park sang joon1. I'd like to know if "of one power to emerge dominant" modifies "tendency."
It seems to me that in the most recent approaches to grammar, this would be called a complement rather than a modifier, but unless you are enrolled in a course that makes the distinction, it should do no harm to say that the of-phrase/of-clause is a modifi
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1. Note also that "of one power" and "to emerge dominant" separately modify "tendency". The underlined part is not a phrase.
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park sang joon1. I'd like to know if "of one power to emerge dominant" modifies "tendency."
Yes. It is a prepositional phrase. It follows the noun it modifies.
http://www.cws.illinois.edu/workshop/writers/prepphrases/
park sang joon
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AlpheccaStarsEither one works.
Hmm ... I'm having difficulty seeing how the implied word could be "been".
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GPY1. Note also that "of one power" and "to emerge dominant" separately modify "tendency". The underlined part is not a phrase.
Hmmm... I'd label this an infinitive clause (nominal)

one power to emerge dominant
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AlpheccaStarsHmmm... I'd label this an infinitive clause (nominal)one power to emerge dominant
I would say it means a tendency to emerge dominant.
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GPYI would say it's a tendency to emerge dominant.
A tendency that one power emerges dominant.
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GPY AlpheccaStars Hmmm... I'd label this an infinitive clause (nominal)one power to emerge dominant I would say it means a tendency to emerge dominant.
It's a FOR ... TO ... non-finite clause. The 'for' introduces the subject of the clause; the infinitive part is the predicate.

As in: It's important for one power to emerge dominant.
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CalifJimIt's a FOR ... TO ... non-finite clause.
Um, how can it be a "for ... to ..." clause when the word "for" is not present? In my view there is an important difference between the two: the division "tendency" + of + "one power to emerge dominant" does not make sense, while "tendency" + for + "one power to emerge dominant" does (more or less, or at leas
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GPYUm, how can it be a "for ... to ..." clause when the word "for" is not present?
I addressed this in my post. Under certain conditions the 'for' is suppressed.

I want for you to help me. > I want you to help me.

At least that's one way of looking at it.
GPYthe division "tendency" + of + "one power to emer
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