Main clause and sentence phrases
Hello again,
I'd be interested in your analysis of this sentence, please.
'Complicated procedures only get in the way of clear scrutiny of the phenomenon itself.'
Is-Complicated procedures only get in the way-the main sentence?
Are both-of clear scrutiny- and -of the phenomenon itself- adjectival phrases?
Am I missing anything major?
Thanks
Top answer
Instead of striking out the phrases in question, put them in quotation marks.
- Instead of striking out the phrases in question, put them in quotation marks.
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Instead of striking out the phrases in question, put them in quotation marks.
0Complicated procedures only get in the way of clear scrutiny of the phenomenon itself.
There's only one clause here, a main one, so there is no "main sentence" as you put it
The two of- phrases are preposition phrases functioning as complement to “way” and “scrutiny”. You can tell they are PPs because they are headed by the preposition "of".
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