Further comlicating this scenario is the fact that ....
"Further complicating/ this scenario (S)/ is (V) / the fact (C) / that administrators typically lack the skill and knowledge required to properly supervise music teaching and program (NC)."
The above sentence is from the book I study. I analyzed the sentence and do not understand the function of the phrase "Further somplicating". Is it a parciple phrase, which is independent from the sentence? Is it a adjective phrase modifying the subject this scenario ? Otherwise, is there a missing word 'in' before 'this scenario'?
Thank you very much.
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" The main verb is " be " (present tense " is "). The non-finite clause can be converted to a noun clause. What further complicates this scenario is ...
- " The main verb is " be " (present tense " is ").
- The non-finite clause can be converted to a noun clause.
- What further complicates this scenario is ...
- " Some older textbooks call this construction a gerund phrase, where the head word in the gerund complicating.
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The subject is the non-finite clause "Further complicating this scenario." The main verb is "be" (present tense "is").
The non-finite clause can be converted to a noun clause.
What further complicates this scenario is ...
Scenario is the complement (object) of the verb "complicate."
Some older textbooks call this construct
0You can think of it as an inverted form of
The fact
[that administrators ... lack the skill ... to ... supervise ...]
is
the thing/situation
[which is further complicating this scenario].
CJ
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