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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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"California's Sequoia National Park, established 26 years before the National Park Service began in 1916, is lined with these vertical behemoths, which can soak up more than 2,000 to 3,000 litres of water daily while growing skyward and outward as they have for thousands of years." (BBC website.)
Is "have" an auxiliary in the above sentence?
Is "have" an auxiliary in the above sentence?
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Anonymous Is "have" an auxiliary in the above sentence? For the absent participle 'grown', yes: it is just an elliptical construction.
- Anonymous Is "have" an auxiliary in the above sentence?
- For the absent participle 'grown', yes: it is just an elliptical construction.
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AnonymousIs "have" an auxiliary in the above sentence?For the absent participle 'grown', yes: it is just an elliptical construction.
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