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"Koeman, like so many of the people at the higher end of his profession, has been doing it all his career and, if the figures are to be believed, he doubled his salary to £7m a year when he defected to Everton last summer, having previously promised there was no way he would leave Southampton in the lurch." (The Guardian.)
What does verb phrase "would leave" refer to in the above? Is it pronoun "he" or is it "Southampton"?
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I'm not sure what you mean by "refer to". The subject of "would leave" is "he"; the object is "Southampton".
- I'm not sure what you mean by "refer to".
- The subject of "would leave" is "he"; the object is "Southampton".
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I'm not sure what you mean by "refer to". The subject of "would leave" is "he"; the object is "Southampton".
0Koeman previously promised there was no way he would leave Southampton in the lurch.
Leave someone in the lurch is an idiom meaning abandon someone and leave them in a difficult situation.
This is what Koeman did when he left Southampton. and defected to Everton.
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