...has, received...
"He has also confirmed that his family does not, nor ever has, received dividends from these companies."
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Why is comma used between "has" and "received" in the sentence above?
Is it grammatically correct that the past participle "received" is the main verb in the VP "does not"?
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He has also confirmed that his family does not, nor ever has, received dividends from these companies . This sentence is ungrammatical . If we drop the coordinate "nor ever has", we get the ungrammatical *"does not received dividends ...
- He has also confirmed that his family does not, nor ever has, received dividends from these companies .
- This sentence is ungrammatical .
- If we drop the coordinate "nor ever has", we get the ungrammatical *"does not received dividends ...
- " It should probably be: He has also confirmed that his family [ does not receive ___ i ] , [ nor ever has received ___ i ] dividends from these companies i .
- Note that “dividends from these companies” is direct object of "receive(d)".
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He has also confirmed that his family does not, nor ever has, received dividends from these companies.
This sentence is ungrammatical. If we drop the coordinate "nor ever has", we get the ungrammatical *"does not received dividends ... ."
It should probably be:
He has also confirmed that his family [does not receive ___i
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