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Impossible
Cyber weapons are nothing like nuclear ones. They are readily developed and deployed by individuals and small groups as well as states. They are easily replicated and distributed across networks, rendering impossible the hope of anything that might be called “cyber nonproliferation.” (theconversation.com)
Is "impossible" a complement of "rendering" or a modifier of "the hope" in the above?
Is "impossible" a complement of "rendering" or a modifier of "the hope" in the above?
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Basically the meaning is that "Easy replication renders this hope impossible", so "impossible" is an object complement, but the word order has been switched around.
- Basically the meaning is that "Easy replication renders this hope impossible", so "impossible" is an object complement, but the word order has been switched around.
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Basically the meaning is that "Easy replication renders this hope impossible", so "impossible" is an object complement, but the word order has been switched around.
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