It is clear...
"It is clear each club would take particular relish from ending the other’s promotion ambition while fuelling their own."
(The Guardian.)
Is each club would take particular relish from ending the other’s promotion ambition while fuelling their own a content clause (a form) and the complement (a function) of the adjective "clear" in the sentence above?
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I think it is.
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It is clear each club would take particular relish from ending the other’s promotion ambition while fuelling their own . Yes: a declarative content clause functioning as complement of the adjective "clear". Note: [1] The subordinator "that" can optionally be added: It is clear that each club ...
- It is clear each club would take particular relish from ending the other’s promotion ambition while fuelling their own .
- Yes: a declarative content clause functioning as complement of the adjective "clear".
- Note: [1] The subordinator "that" can optionally be added: It is clear that each club ...
- [2] The whole AdjP starting with "clear" is predicative complement of "be" in its ascriptive sense.
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It is clear each club would take particular relish from ending the other’s promotion ambition while fuelling their own.
Yes: a declarative content clause functioning as complement of the adjective "clear".
Note:
[1] The subordinator "that" can optionally be added: It is clear that each club ...
[2] The whole AdjP starting with "clear" is
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