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Tkacka15 Posted 7 years ago
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Noun phrase

"My observation that preventing these kinds of incidents was the whole reason he was there was met with a blank stare."

(The Guardian.)

Is My observation that preventing these kinds of incidents was the whole reason he was there a noun phrase in the sentence above?

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I think it is.

  

Top answer

Yes.

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My observation that preventing these kinds of incidents was the whole reason he was there was met with a blank stare.


Yes: it's quite a complex NP. Would you like to try analysing it?

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