Is the question the subject
"What made that bold message in 1914 so splendid was that Foch went on to win his battle."
(The Guardian.)
Is the question the subject and the answer a complement in the sentence above?
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What made that bold message in 1914 so splendid was that Foch went on to win his battle . e. a noun phrase functioning as subject .
- What made that bold message in 1914 so splendid was that Foch went on to win his battle .
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- a noun phrase functioning as subject .
- The second underlined element is a content clause functioning as subjective predicative complement .
- The fused NP can be paraphrased as the thing which made that bold message in 1914 so splendid .
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What made that bold message in 1914 so splendid was that Foch went on to win his battle.
The first underlined element is a fused relative construction, i.e. a noun phrase functioning as subject. The second underlined element is a content clause functioning as subjective predicative complement.
The fused NP can be paraphrased as the thing w
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