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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
It is[was] •••• that structure
Noah Webster’s purpose in writing it was to demonstrate that the American language was developing distinct meanings, pronunciations, and spellings from those of British English.
The strike-out text is “it was ···· that” structure? In the sentence, are the subject and the verb “Noah Webster’s purpose” and “was” respectively?
Thanks in advance
The strike-out text is “it was ···· that” structure? In the sentence, are the subject and the verb “Noah Webster’s purpose” and “was” respectively?
Thanks in advance
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I fail to understand why you struck out those words. that' is not a grammatical structure. [Noah Webster’s purpose in writing it] -- Subject was -- Verb [to demonstrate that the American language was developing distinct meanings, pronunciations, and spellings from those of British English] -- Subject complement
- I fail to understand why you struck out those words.
- that' is not a grammatical structure.
- [Noah Webster’s purpose in writing it] -- Subject was -- Verb [to demonstrate that the American language was developing distinct meanings, pronunciations, and spellings from those of British English] -- Subject complement
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I fail to understand why you struck out those words. 'it was...that' is not a grammatical structure.
[Noah Webster’s purpose in writing it] -- Subject
was -- Verb
[to demonstrate that the American language was developing distinct meanings, pronunciations, and spellings from those of British English] -- Subject complement
[Noah Webster’s purpose in writing it] -- Subject
was -- Verb
[to demonstrate that the American language was developing distinct meanings, pronunciations, and spellings from those of British English] -- Subject complement
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