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Grammar
More than earned
"He [Stephen Hawking] has more than earned the right to do that." (BBC website.)
Is "the right" an object of the "have earned" or is it the object of the full verb "has" in the above?
Is "more than earned" an adjectival phrase modifying the object of the sentence in which "more than" is an adverb meaning "very" and if so, is it possible that the modifier "more than earned" ('very' earned) is put before the determiner "the"?
Is the non-finite clause "to do that" an adverbial of purpose in that sentence?
Is "the right" an object of the "have earned" or is it the object of the full verb "has" in the above?
Is "more than earned" an adjectival phrase modifying the object of the sentence in which "more than" is an adverb meaning "very" and if so, is it possible that the modifier "more than earned" ('very' earned) is put before the determiner "the"?
Is the non-finite clause "to do that" an adverbial of purpose in that sentence?
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Anonymous Is "the right" an object of the "have earned" Yes. Anonymous Is "more than earned" an adjectival phrase modifying the object of the sentence I would think 'more than' is just adverbial of the verb 'has earned', but Quirk et al call it a type of 'non-clausal comparative' Anonymous Is the non-finite clause "to do that" an adverbial of purpose in that sentence? It seems to me simply a modifier or complement of 'right'.
- Anonymous Is "the right" an object of the "have earned" Yes.
- Anonymous Is "more than earned" an adjectival phrase modifying the object of the sentence I would think 'more than' is just adverbial of the verb 'has earned', but Quirk et al call it a type of 'non-clausal comparative' Anonymous Is the non-finite clause "to do that" an adverbial of purpose in that sentence?
- It seems to me simply a modifier or complement of 'right'.
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AnonymousIs "the right" an object of the "have earned"Yes.
AnonymousIs "more than earned" an adjectival phrase modifying the object of the sentenceI would think 'more than' is just adverbial of the verb 'has earned', but Quirk et al call it a type of 'non-clausal comparative'
AnonymousIs the non-fin
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