Even if doing so led to...
"The north-east businessman, who has given the Conservatives more than £500,000 since 2007 and helped fund May’s snap election, said the prime minister needed to make clear where she wanted to take the country, even if doing so led to her removal." (The Guardian.)
Is "doing so" a verb or a noun functioning as a subject in the clause even if doing so led to her removal?
Is "led" a finite verb expressing hypothetical future in even if doing so led to her removal?
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tkacka15 Is "doing so" a verb or a noun functioning as a subject in the clause even if doing so led to her removal? "doing so" is a gerund phrase; it functions as the subject of "led". tkacka15 Is "led" a finite verb expressing hypothetical future in even if doing so led to her removal?
- tkacka15 Is "doing so" a verb or a noun functioning as a subject in the clause even if doing so led to her removal?
- "doing so" is a gerund phrase; it functions as the subject of "led".
- tkacka15 Is "led" a finite verb expressing hypothetical future in even if doing so led to her removal?
- Yes.
- (Future at the time the businessman said it.
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tkacka15Is "doing so" a verb or a noun functioning as a subject in the clause even if doing so led to her removal?
"doing so" is a gerund phrase; it functions as the subject of "led".
tkacka15Is "led" a finite verb expressing hypothetical future in even if doing so led to her removal?
Yes. (Future at the time the b
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