"US intelligence laid the blame for the DNC hack at Russia’s feet but has not provided evidence supporting the accusation, although several private cyber security firms reaching the same conclusion have." (The Guardian.)
Is the underlined "have" a helping verb 'deprived' of the follow-up, i.e, the lexical "provided" in the sentence above?
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'Have provided' is how I read it.
— Mister Micawber
'Have provided' is how I read it.
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