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Inchoateknowledge Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

help me parse this sentence

0 A large number of invitations01b00 have02b00 been sent to you.0-
  

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0 00 A large number of invitations01b00 have02b00 been sent to you.02br
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00of invitations -- postmodifying prep phrase02br
00a large -- premodifiers of the subject 01i01b00number02br
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00To my personal knowledge, the first finite verb of the verb phrase has to agree with the
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10Where did I go wrong?12br
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10Hi Incho02br
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00You went wrong by being too theoretical and logical. English is the promised language of exceptions and inconsistency. It abounds in al
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1b01i00A large number of invitations02i00 01u00have02u02b00 been sent to you.02br
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00A large number of invitations means that there are many invitations.02br
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00So, "A large number of invitations (01i00Many invitations02i00) have been sent to you."0-
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0 And what about the verb-subject agreement?02br
00Where did it go from the sentence?02br
00I have never heard that the operator of a finite phrase has to agree with the subject modifier0-
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite10 11i11b12br
10Where did I go wrong?12br
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10Hi Incho02br
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00You went wrong by being too
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01cite10Inchoateknowledge12cite10A large number of invitations11b10 have12b10 been sent to you.12br
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10As far as grammar is concerned, it should be 01b00has02b00.02br
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0 The messages were sent, not a number. 0-
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01cite10Ant_22212cite10The messages were sent, not a number.12blockquote
10I beg your pardon?0-
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01cite10Ant_22212cite10The messages were sent, not a number.12blockquote
10Quite not so. A ... number of messages was sent.02br
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0A number of + plural noun + plural verb form02br
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00The number of + plural noun + singular verb form0-
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