I think getting this clearer language...
“There will be some tough negotiations to follow in the years ahead but I think getting this clearer language on the backstop will help to get it through parliament.”
(The Guardian.)
Should there be a determiner (a/the) before the clause clearer language on the backstop will help to get it through parliament in the sentence above? Or is it hardly relevant to understanding the sentence?
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clearer language suggests it has not yet been formulated this clearer language indicates it is the language we have in front of us. a clearer language not grammatical the clearer language refers to some specific text that we are all aware of Clive
- clearer language suggests it has not yet been formulated this clearer language indicates it is the language we have in front of us.
- a clearer language not grammatical the clearer language refers to some specific text that we are all aware of Clive
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clearer language suggests it has not yet been formulated
this clearer language indicates it is the language we have in front of us.
a clearer language not grammatical
the clearer language refers to some specific text that we are all aware of
Clive
0Isn't "this" a pronoun, a direct object of the verb "getting", not the determiner in the NP "this clearer language" in the cited sentence?
In this context, I call this a demonstrative adjective, but the more modern term is a determiner. The object of getting is 'language'.
Consider this simpler example.. eg I love this beautiful woman.
Clive
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