Given repeat airings
"In the Vladimir Putin showreel, doubtless given repeat airings in the run-up to Sunday’s presidential faux election, there’s usually a place among the shirtless poses and horseback shots for images of the Russian leader on the judo mat." (The Guardian.)
Is "given" a preposition in the phrase "given repeat airings" in the sentence above?
Is "doubtless" an adverb modifying the clause there’s usually a place among the shirtless poses and horseback shots for images of the Russian leader on the judo mat
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The second question in my post should be read like this: Is "doubtless" an adverb modifying the clause there’s usually a place among the shirtless poses and horseback shots for images of the Russian leader on the judo mat ?
- The second question in my post should be read like this: Is "doubtless" an adverb modifying the clause there’s usually a place among the shirtless poses and horseback shots for images of the Russian leader on the judo mat ?
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The second question in my post should be read like this:
Is "doubtless" an adverb modifying the clause there’s usually a place among the shirtless poses and horseback shots for images of the Russian leader on the judo mat?
0tkacka15Is "given" a preposition
No, it's a (non-finite) verb.
0tkacka15Is "doubtless" an adverb
Yes.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/doubtless
It goes with "given repeat airings". That there will be repeated airings is doubtless.
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