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Those missing white voters, many of them working class, could give Trump a big boost as he tries to make up that shortfall.
Am I right when I say that “being” is omitted between “them” and “working”? Is this a participial construction?
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teacherJapan Am I right when I say that “being” is omitted between “them” and “working”? I would not say that anything is omitted. It's another, more idiomatic, way of saying "many of whom are working class".
- teacherJapan Am I right when I say that “being” is omitted between “them” and “working”?
- I would not say that anything is omitted.
- It's another, more idiomatic, way of saying "many of whom are working class".
- By "idiomatic" I mean it will cause donnybrooks down at the grammarian's local of a Friday night.
- " That would imply that all working-class voters would vote for Trump.
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teacherJapanAm I right when I say that “being” is omitted between “them” and “working”?
I would not say that anything is omitted. It's another, more idiomatic, way of saying "many of whom are working class". By "idiomatic" I mean it will cause donnybrooks down at the grammarian's local of a Friday night.
If you add "being", it becomes "Those missing w
0teacherJapanThose missing white voters, many of them working class, could give Trump a big boost as he tries to make up that shortfall.
Am I right when I say that “being” is omitted between “them” and “working”? Is this a participial construction?
Yes: many of them working class is a verbless clause functioning as an adjunc
0teacherJapanAm I right when I say that “being” is omitted between “them” and “working”?
You can paraphrase it in several ways. That's just one of them.
What is "omitted" can be determined only by comparing the original to one of its paraphrases. For example, we could paraphrase thus:
Those missing white voters, many of whom are working c
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