The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, speaking in Denmark on Monday, said the US was ready to help if Israel and Hamas signalled interest in ending hostilities – but that the US wasn’t demanding that they do so.
Is "demanding" the main verb or is it a predicative complement in the clause that the US wasn’t demanding that they do so? What is the pronoun they referring to in that they do so in the sentence above? Is it the US or is it Israel and Hamas?
anonymous Is "demanding" the main verb Yes. anonymous What is the pronoun they referring to in that they do so in the sentence above? Israel and Hamas.
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anonymousIs "demanding" the main verb
Yes.
anonymousWhat is the pronoun they referring to in that they do so in the sentence above?
Israel and Hamas.
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