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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Gets
Hi,
" "There is a big difference between what gets talked about in the press and by scientists, and what people actually are doing," he argues." [From the Independent.]
There is a wh-clause "what gets talked about in the press and by scientists" which is an object of the preposition "between". And my question is: is the verb "gets" a copula in that clause and if so, is the "talked about" an adjectival complement of the subject of the clause "what"?
Thank you.
" "There is a big difference between what gets talked about in the press and by scientists, and what people actually are doing," he argues." [From the Independent.]
There is a wh-clause "what gets talked about in the press and by scientists" which is an object of the preposition "between". And my question is: is the verb "gets" a copula in that clause and if so, is the "talked about" an adjectival complement of the subject of the clause "what"?
Thank you.
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Anonymous There is a big difference between what gets talked about in the press and by scientists, and what people actually are doing, I would answer "yes" to both your questions. " There's a difference between what is right and what is wrong. There's a difference between what gets (is) eaten and what gets (is) left.
- Anonymous There is a big difference between what gets talked about in the press and by scientists, and what people actually are doing, I would answer "yes" to both your questions.
- " There's a difference between what is right and what is wrong.
- There's a difference between what gets (is) eaten and what gets (is) left.
- "Right" and "wrong" are adjectival complements.
- I suppose you could call them subject complements.
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AnonymousThere is a big difference between what gets talked about in the press and by scientists, and what people actually are doing,I would answer "yes" to both your questions.
You could substitute "is" for "gets."
There's a difference between what is right and what is wrong.
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