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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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Follow sb down that
A: They've certainly been no friend to the United States.
B: Well, I mean, you can't exactly blame them for not following us down that rabit's hole in Iraq.
I'm not sure of whether that clause is the object of down.
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anonymous ... blame them for not following us down that ra bb it's hole in Iraq. 'down' is a preposition.
- anonymous ...
- blame them for not following us down that ra bb it's hole in Iraq.
- 'down' is a preposition.
- 'that rabbit's hole in Iraq' is the object of the preposition 'down'.
- It is not a clause.
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anonymous... blame them for not following us down that rabbit's hole in Iraq.
'down' is a preposition.
'that rabbit's hole in Iraq' is the object of the preposition 'down'. It is not a clause. It is a noun phrase (NP), as are all objects of prepositions (also called complements of prepositions).
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