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Chong Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

How to understand this sentence?

Embarrassing tales of a testosterone-filled trading culture tumbled out of the what-went-wrong probes as the Great Recession took hold.

In this sentence,can "tumbled out of" be seen as a phrase or sperate parts?

And is probes a verb or noun?

At last, how can I understand this sentence?


Thanks a lot!
  

Top answer

This is how it breaks up: "Embarrassing tales of a testosterone-filled trading culture" -- subject. "tumbled" -- main verb. "out of" -- here means the same as "from".

— Mr Wordy

  • This is how it breaks up: "Embarrassing tales of a testosterone-filled trading culture" -- subject.
  • "tumbled" -- main verb.
  • "out of" -- here means the same as "from".
  • "the what-went-wrong probes" -- this is the place where they (the tales) tumbled from.
  • "probes" is a noun.
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This is how it breaks up:



"Embarrassing tales of a testosterone-filled trading culture" -- subject.



"tumbled" -- main verb.



"out of" -- here means the same as "from".



"the what-went-wrong probes" -- this is the place where they (the tales) tumbled from. "probes" is a noun. "what-went-wrong probes" means probes (investigat
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Thanks very much,Mr.Wordy.
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