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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
A job to do
He has a job to do.
Is "a job to do" a noun phrase and "to do" a reduced relative clause in the sentence above?
Is "a job to do" a noun phrase and "to do" a reduced relative clause in the sentence above?
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The sentence is elliptical. " The words "that," "he," and "needs" are omitted for brevity and are understood from the context.
- The sentence is elliptical.
- " The words "that," "he," and "needs" are omitted for brevity and are understood from the context.
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The sentence is elliptical. The complete sentence is: "He has a job that he needs to do." The words "that," "he," and "needs" are omitted for brevity and are understood from the context.
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AnonymousThe sentence is elliptical. The complete sentence is: "He has a job that he needs to do." The words "that," "he," and "needs" are omitted for brevity and are understood from the context.I think that you, in fact, support my argument that "a job to do" is a 'reduced' noun phrase as your phrase "a job that he needs to do" is exactly a noun phrase in wh
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