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Perfect Stranger Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Grammar question 14
Dear All,
I have a question about the following sentence:
There are merely a few cases reflecting the role technology and science assume.
How could we explain the fact that in this sentence the verb is at the very end of the sentence?
Thank you so much,
I have a question about the following sentence:
There are merely a few cases reflecting the role technology and science assume.
How could we explain the fact that in this sentence the verb is at the very end of the sentence?
Thank you so much,
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Perfect Stranger How could we explain the fact that in this sentence the verb is at the very end of the sentence It is not the main verb. There are merely a few cases reflecting the role [that] technology and science assume.
- Perfect Stranger How could we explain the fact that in this sentence the verb is at the very end of the sentence It is not the main verb.
- There are merely a few cases reflecting the role [that] technology and science assume.
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Perfect StrangerHow could we explain the fact that in this sentence the verb is at the very end of the sentenceIt is not the main verb.
There are merely a few cases reflecting the role [that] technology and science assume.
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It could be explained by the fact that while English most often follows SVO word order, it's by no means an ironclad rule that all English sentences follow without exception.
But in this case it's more easily explained by the fact that the verb "assume" isn't the main verb of the sentence. "Are" is. I'm no grammarian, so I don't know the formal vocabulary, but the phrase "There ar
But in this case it's more easily explained by the fact that the verb "assume" isn't the main verb of the sentence. "Are" is. I'm no grammarian, so I don't know the formal vocabulary, but the phrase "There ar
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