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Qingqing Posted 21 years ago
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How to analyse the sentence?

0The repairs cost a lot, but it's money well spent. 02br
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0 I'm not sure if you want a syntactic or semantic analysis. 02br 02br 00"but" is a conjunction, joining to the clause "it's money well spent". The clause is an equative clause, consisting of subject "it", the copula "is" ('s), and the predicate noun "money".

— CalifJim

  • 0 I'm not sure if you want a syntactic or semantic analysis.
  • 02br 02br 00"but" is a conjunction, joining to the clause "it's money well spent".
  • The clause is an equative clause, consisting of subject "it", the copula "is" ('s), and the predicate noun "money".
  • "money" is modified by the adjective "spent", which in turn is modified by the adverb (of manner) "well".
  • 02br 02br 00Semantically, "it" refers vaguely to the experience of having had the repairs done or the payment of the money.
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0 I'm not sure if you want a syntactic or semantic analysis. 02br
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00"but" is a conjunction, joining to the clause "it's money well spent". The clause is an equative clause, consisting of subject "it", the copula "is" ('s), and the predicate noun "money". "money" is modified by the adjective "spent", which in turn is modified by the adverb (of manner) "well". 02br
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0 Thank you, CJ. 0-
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