Caused by
The Brexit referendum result was driven by working-class frustration t with the political elite, caused by austerity policies that have eroded public services and fragmented communities; the referendum offered an alternative to the status quo.
I saw the above in one of the videos about how to write a thesis statement (Brexit).
Is "The Brexit referendum result" subject of the passive "caused by..."?
Please explain the use of comma and semicolon here?
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The Brexit referendum result was driven by working-class frustration with the political elite, caused by austerity policies that have eroded public services and fragmented communities ; the referendum offered an alternative to the status quo. I'd say that "the Brexit referendum result" has the whole underlined passive verb phrase as its predicate. Within the predicate VP, the "caused by" clause modifies the noun phrase "working-class frustration with the political elite".
- The Brexit referendum result was driven by working-class frustration with the political elite, caused by austerity policies that have eroded public services and fragmented communities ; the referendum offered an alternative to the status quo.
- I'd say that "the Brexit referendum result" has the whole underlined passive verb phrase as its predicate.
- Within the predicate VP, the "caused by" clause modifies the noun phrase "working-class frustration with the political elite".
- Some people would call it a 'reduced' relative clause, though I prefer to call it a past-participial clause, passive of course.
- " clause is tightly integrated into the structure of the clause.
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The Brexit referendum result was driven by working-class frustration with the political elite, caused by austerity policies that have eroded public services and fragmented communities; the referendum offered an alternative to the status quo.
I'd say that "the Brexit referendum result" has the whole underlined passive verb phrase as its predicate.
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