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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Hi.

"Among the names added to the list on Tuesday are three doctors alleged to have withheld treatment from Magnitsky while he was in custody." [From the BBC website.]

How to name in syntactic terms the adjectival phrase alleged to have withheld used in the sentence?

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Anonymous How to name in syntactic terms the adjectival phrase alleged to have withheld used in the sentence? three doctors [who are] alleged to have withheld...

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous How to name in syntactic terms the adjectival phrase alleged to have withheld used in the sentence?
  • three doctors [who are] alleged to have withheld...
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AnonymousHow to name in syntactic terms the adjectival phrase alleged to have withheld used in the sentence?
It's a non-finite clause (if that's what you mean):

...three doctors [who are] alleged to have withheld...
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AnonymousHow to name in syntactic terms the adjectival phrase alleged to have withheld used in the sentence?
A relative clause.
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Thank you, MM and AS, for your useful replies.
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