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Hasibul Alam Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

given their responsibilities as

it would be irresponsible for our leaders, given their responsibilities as democratically elected officials..

here "given their responsibilities as" is what kind of grammar? what does it mean??
  

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Hasibul Alam here "given their responsibilities as" is what kind of grammar? what does it mean?? I see it as a reduced relative clause from "who were given their responsibilities", meaning that the public who elected them gave them certain jobs (responsibilities) to do while in office.

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  • Hasibul Alam here "given their responsibilities as" is what kind of grammar?
  • what does it mean??
  • I see it as a reduced relative clause from "who were given their responsibilities", meaning that the public who elected them gave them certain jobs (responsibilities) to do while in office.
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Hasibul Alamhere "given their responsibilities as" is what kind of grammar? what does it mean??
I see it as a reduced relative clause from "who were given their responsibilities", meaning that the public who elected them gave them certain jobs (responsibilities) to do while in office.
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It would be irresponsible for our leaders, given their responsibilities as democratically elected officials.

I see this as a preposition phrase where given means “considering” or “in view of”.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/given
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