Come/Came
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In the following sentence, is "prophesied" a catenative verb, which therefore requires the following verb to be in the base form?
But a heart attack claimed the old lady's life suddenly, before the reconciliation that everyone had prophesied came true.
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Selvakumar is "prophesied" a catenative verb No. It's in a relative clause that does not include 'came'. That relative clause is embedded in the subordinate construction "before the reconciliation came true".
- Selvakumar is "prophesied" a catenative verb No.
- It's in a relative clause that does not include 'came'.
- That relative clause is embedded in the subordinate construction "before the reconciliation came true".
- But a heart attack claimed the old lady's life suddenly, before the reconciliation [that everyone had prophesied] came true .
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Selvakumar is "prophesied" a catenative verb
No. It's in a relative clause that does not include 'came'. That relative clause is embedded in the subordinate construction "before the reconciliation came true".
But a heart attack claimed the old lady's life suddenly, before the reconciliation [that everyone had prophesied] came true.
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