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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Help needed with sentence structure
I was wondering if anybody could explain the structure of the following sentence:
"The question on everyone's lips is, will he have to resign over the political scandal."
A student of mine was looking for (and is confused by) the S.V.O in the sentence, but I seem to think it's a verb complement using a noun clause, am I right? Any assistance or examples would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
"The question on everyone's lips is, will he have to resign over the political scandal."
A student of mine was looking for (and is confused by) the S.V.O in the sentence, but I seem to think it's a verb complement using a noun clause, am I right? Any assistance or examples would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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" I don't use the term 'verb complement', so I won't say a word about that. However, the sentence looks very odd as it is. If there is a direct question, surely a question mark is needed: The question on everyone's lips is: Will he have to resign over the political scandal?
- " I don't use the term 'verb complement', so I won't say a word about that.
- However, the sentence looks very odd as it is.
- If there is a direct question, surely a question mark is needed: The question on everyone's lips is: Will he have to resign over the political scandal?
- CB
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Anonymous"The question on everyone's lips is, will he have to resign over the political scandal."I don't use the term 'verb complement', so I won't say a word about that. However, the sentence looks very odd as it is. If there is a direct question, surely a question mark is needed: The question on everyone's lips is: Will he have to resign over the politic
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