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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Complement

He said that the “risk assessment was not fit for purpose”, with organisers confused over who had responsibility for different aspects of safety. (The Guardian.)

Is confused over who had responsibility for different aspects of safety a complement of noun organisers in the sentence above?

  

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Anonymous Is confused over who had responsibility for different aspects of safety a complement of noun organisers in the sentence above? It sounds to me more like a predication than like complement. , and that organisers were confused I'd say that the with -clause is a participle clause with an explicit subject ( organisers ).

  • Anonymous Is confused over who had responsibility for different aspects of safety a complement of noun organisers in the sentence above?
  • It sounds to me more like a predication than like complement.
  • , and that organisers were confused I'd say that the with -clause is a participle clause with an explicit subject ( organisers ).
  • CJ
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AnonymousIs confused over who had responsibility for different aspects of safety a complement of noun organisers in the sentence above?

It sounds to me more like a predication than like complement.

He said ..., with organisers confused ~ He said ..., and that organisers were confused

I'd say that the with-clause is a participle clause wit

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