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Contraposition Posted 10 years ago
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as befitted

What is the subject of 'befitted'?

  

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contraposition What is the subject of 'befitted'? "as", believe it or not, but that refers back to 'lavish reception'. Here "as" is being used as a relative pronoun, like "which", so the sentence is equivalent to It was a lavish reception, which (the lavish reception) befitted a visitor of her status.

  • contraposition What is the subject of 'befitted'?
  • "as", believe it or not, but that refers back to 'lavish reception'.
  • Here "as" is being used as a relative pronoun, like "which", so the sentence is equivalent to It was a lavish reception, which (the lavish reception) befitted a visitor of her status.
  • The lavish reception befitted a visitor of her status.
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contrapositionWhat is the subject of 'befitted'?
"as", believe it or not, but that refers back to 'lavish reception'. Here "as" is being used as a relative pronoun, like "which", so the sentence is equivalent to

It was a lavish reception, which (the lavish reception) befitted a visitor of her status.

The lavish reception befitted a vi

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