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"Since no one treats the crisis like a crisis, the existential warnings keep on drowning in a steady tide of greenwash and everyday media news flow.
And yet there is still hope, but hope all starts with honesty."
(Greta Thunberg.)
Is "all" a postmodifier of the noun "hope" in the clause but hope all starts with honesty?
Or, is it a stranded determiner of the inverted NP from the noun phrase "all hope"?
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anonymous Is "all" a postmodifier of the noun "hope" in the clause but hope all starts with honesty? She is Swedish. That "all" is out of place.
- anonymous Is "all" a postmodifier of the noun "hope" in the clause but hope all starts with honesty?
- She is Swedish.
- That "all" is out of place.
- I have to guess she would have said "all hope starts" if she had been a native speaker.
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anonymousIs "all" a postmodifier of the noun "hope" in the clause but hope all starts with honesty?
She is Swedish. That "all" is out of place. I have to guess she would have said "all hope starts" if she had been a native speaker.
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