Noun phrase
"A pair of bills were unveiled on Thursday, co-sponsored by both Republicans and Democrats in the Senate, that would take measures to bar the president from directly firing the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 US election and any involvement by the president and his team." (The Guardian.)
Is "were unveiled on Thursday" a predicate and "A pair of bills (...), co-sponsored by both Republicans and Democrats in the Senate, that would take measures to bar the president from directly firing the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 US election and any involvement by the president and his team" a subject and a noun phrase in the sentence above?
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A pair of bills were unveiled on Thursday, co-sponsored by both Republicans and Democrats in the Senate , that would take measures to bar the president from directly firing the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 US election and any involvement by the president and his team. You are right. The first underlined expression is a past-participial clause modifying “bills”.
- A pair of bills were unveiled on Thursday, co-sponsored by both Republicans and Democrats in the Senate , that would take measures to bar the president from directly firing the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 US election and any involvement by the president and his team.
- You are right.
- The first underlined expression is a past-participial clause modifying “bills”.
- The second is a ‘postposed’ relative clause, also modifying “bills”.
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A pair of bills were unveiled on Thursday, co-sponsored by both Republicans and Democrats in the Senate, that would take measures to bar the president from directly firing the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 US election and any involvement by the president and his team.
You are right.
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