Is it an appositive clause?
Couples operate in public areas, and they display affection such as holding hands, kissing etc. They do this to rub it in single people's faces that they don't have a boyfriend/girlfriend.
Source: Urban Dictionary: Public display of affection
Hi, dear teachers. Is the underlined part (that they don't have a boyfriend/girlfriend) an appositive clause modifying "it"?
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Couples operate in public areas, and they display affection such as holding hands, kissing etc. They do this to rub it in single people's faces that they don't have a boyfriend/girlfriend . No, the underlined expression is not an appositive.
- Couples operate in public areas, and they display affection such as holding hands, kissing etc.
- They do this to rub it in single people's faces that they don't have a boyfriend/girlfriend .
- No, the underlined expression is not an appositive.
- This is an extraposition construction where the dummy it is object and the underlined subordinate clause is extraposed object .
- The extraposed element doesn’t give the meaning (reference) of it but serves simply as a semantic argument of the VP.
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Couples operate in public areas, and they display affection such as holding hands, kissing etc. They do this to rub it in single people's faces that they don't have a boyfriend/girlfriend.
No, the underlined expression is not an appositive. This is an extraposition construction where the dummy it is object and the underlined subordinate clause is ext
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