Have...reported + a clause? can't understand the structure
Hello everyone, today I came across a sentence:
Financial statements often have amounts reported that are a summation of several ledger accounts.
I've scratched my head for a while but still cannot figure out the structure with 100% certainty, is the trailing clause "that are a summation..." here used to describe "amounts"? But in my experience, the noun and its paired clause are usually put together side by side. In this scenario, there is another word (amounts) here, so I'm a little confused here.
Thanks in advanced.
Top answer
I think "reported" should not be used as an adjective, but as a verb, thus: Financial statements often report amounts that are summation s of several ledger accounts. Does that make more sense now?
- I think "reported" should not be used as an adjective, but as a verb, thus: Financial statements often report amounts that are summation s of several ledger accounts.
- Does that make more sense now?
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I think "reported" should not be used as an adjective, but as a verb, thus:
Financial statements often report amounts that are summations of several ledger accounts.
Does that make more sense now?
0Financial statements often have amounts reported that are a summation of several ledger accounts.
Both "reported" and "that are a summation of several ledger accounts" modify "amounts."
The amounts are reported. They are reported amounts. And the amounts are a summation of several ledger accounts.
0Financial statements often have amounts [reported] [that are a summation of several ledger accounts].
"Reported" is a past-participial clause modifying "amounts", and "that are a summation of several ledger accounts" is a relative clause modifying the nominal "amounts reported".
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