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Fold navy 285 Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Complement

So far, the Kentucky Republican is keeping tight-lipped publicly amid the tension in his party over how to handle a bill directly aimed at Trump’s push to overturn his 2020 election loss, as well as the GOP lawmakers who objected to President Joe Biden’s Electoral College win.

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Is the clause as well as the GOP lawmakers who objected to President Joe Biden’s Electoral College win a complement of the verb "aimed" in the sentence above?

  

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fold navy 285 Is the clause as well as the GOP lawmakers who objected to President Joe Biden’s Electoral College win a complement of the verb "aimed" in the sentence above? I don't think so. Your particular example seems ambiguous to me.

  • fold navy 285 Is the clause as well as the GOP lawmakers who objected to President Joe Biden’s Electoral College win a complement of the verb "aimed" in the sentence above?
  • I don't think so.
  • Your particular example seems ambiguous to me.
  • Firstly, note that the expression "as well as" is best analysed as a compound cooordinator with a meaning similar to the coordinator "and".
  • I'd say there are at least three ways to analyse the sentence, depending on the intended meaning.
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fold navy 285Is the clause as well as the GOP lawmakers who objected to President Joe Biden’s Electoral College win a complement of the verb "aimed" in the sentence above?

I don't think so. Your particular example seems ambiguous to me. Firstly, note that the expression "as well as" is best analysed as a compound cooordinator with a meaning similar to the c

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