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theguardian.com, Monday 3 November:
"Anyway we can't afford to help them AND give tax breaks to the wealthy." [1]
Does the verb "give" follow, in the catenative chain, the verb "can't afford to" or it is on its own meaning that "(we do) give tax breaks to the wealthy"?
[1] "AND" is capitalized by the cartoonist.
theguardian.com, Monday 3 November:
"Anyway we can't afford to help them AND give tax breaks to the wealthy." [1]
Does the verb "give" follow, in the catenative chain, the verb "can't afford to" or it is on its own meaning that "(we do) give tax breaks to the wealthy"?
[1] "AND" is capitalized by the cartoonist.
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"give tax breaks to the wealthy" is also governed by "can't afford to". The thing that we can't afford to do is "help them and (at the same time) give tax breaks to the wealthy".
- "give tax breaks to the wealthy" is also governed by "can't afford to".
- The thing that we can't afford to do is "help them and (at the same time) give tax breaks to the wealthy".
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"give tax breaks to the wealthy" is also governed by "can't afford to". The thing that we can't afford to do is "help them and (at the same time) give tax breaks to the wealthy".
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