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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Made after...

This difficult decision, made after careful and thoughtful deliberation, is one the board believes was absolutely necessary for the future success of the Tata Group," the interim chairman wrote to employees of $100 billion group.
I read this news at Rediff.com.
Which is the main verb in the sentence " is " or "made" and why we need comma before " made....deliberation". I am learning to analyse sentences in terms of parts of speech.
Thanks
Jignesh
  

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The main verb of the whole sentence is "wrote". The main verb of the quoted part is "is". There appears to be a missing opening quotation mark.

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  • The main verb of the whole sentence is "wrote".
  • The main verb of the quoted part is "is".
  • There appears to be a missing opening quotation mark.
  • "made after careful and thoughtful deliberation" is parenthetical, describing "decision", hence it is enclosed in commas.
  • It is a reduced form of "which was made after careful and thoughtful deliberation".
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The main verb of the whole sentence is "wrote".

The main verb of the quoted part is "is". There appears to be a missing opening quotation mark.

"made after careful and thoughtful deliberation" is parenthetical, describing "decision", hence it is enclosed in commas. It is a reduced form of "which was made after careful and thoughtful deliberation".

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