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Kmj764 Posted 14 years ago
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An excerpt from a piece of news article

Lawmakers should work toward the smaller government voters indicated they want

I don't get the 'voters indicated they want' bit in terms of grammar in the above sentence.
The excerpt is taken from The Washington Times.

I would greatly appreciate any help.

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kmj764 Lawmakers should work toward the smaller government voters indicated they want The relative pronoun that has been left out. That omission is OK grammatically, but in this case I would have put it in for clarity. Lawmakers should work toward the smaller government that voters indicated they want

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  • kmj764 Lawmakers should work toward the smaller government voters indicated they want The relative pronoun that has been left out.
  • That omission is OK grammatically, but in this case I would have put it in for clarity.
  • Lawmakers should work toward the smaller government that voters indicated they want
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kmj764Lawmakers should work toward the smaller government voters indicated they want
The relative pronoun that has been left out. That omission is OK grammatically, but in this case I would have put it in for clarity.
Lawmakers should work toward the smaller government that voters indicated they want
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