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Is grace in the following sentence a verb? If so, what is the subject of grace?
There seemed to be no way in which atoms and molecules could somehow spontaneously fall together to create organisms of such awesome complexity and subtle functioning as grace every region of the Earth.
Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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present themselves in an amazing way "Grace" is often used in a religious sense. It isn't overtly used here, but it has the connotation.
- present themselves in an amazing way "Grace" is often used in a religious sense.
- It isn't overtly used here, but it has the connotation.
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present themselves in an amazing way
"Grace" is often used in a religious sense. It isn't overtly used here, but it has the connotation.
0anonymousIs grace in the following sentence a verb? If so, what is the subject of grace?
Yes, it's a verb, whose subject is the noun phrase organisms of such awesome complexity and subtle functioning.
Proof of verbhood comes from the fact that it has a direct object, i.e. every region of the earth.
0You could think of it this way.
There seemed to be no way in which atoms and molecules could somehow spontaneously fall together to create organisms of such awesome complexity and subtle functioning as the organisms that grace every re
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