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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Of politicians

"But, of course, such projects do not have the risk-taking bravado so beloved of politicians. Why commit to low-cost, low-risk investments that actually deliver on time and budget, when you can swan around TV studios trumpeting about your latest vanity project?" (The Guardian.)

Does "of politicians" collocate with "bravado" or "so beloved" in the above?
  

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The latter. "so beloved of politicians" modifies "risk-taking bravado". It is a reduced form of "the risk-taking bravado that is so beloved of politicians".

— GPY

  • The latter.
  • "so beloved of politicians" modifies "risk-taking bravado".
  • It is a reduced form of "the risk-taking bravado that is so beloved of politicians".
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The latter. "so beloved of politicians" modifies "risk-taking bravado". It is a reduced form of "the risk-taking bravado that is so beloved of politicians".
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GPYThe latter. "so beloved of politicians" modifies "risk-taking bravado". It is a reduced form of "the risk-taking bravado that is so beloved of politicians".
Thank you for the reply.

Should I understand that "beloved" is past participle, not an adjective, and taken out of the passive construction "the risk-taking bravado is
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I haven't got the slightest idea what that strange ball is doing in my reply; I didn't consciously put it there, that's for sure. Sorry for that; it seems to me that's a script bug.
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AnonymousShould I understand that "beloved" is past participle, not an adjective, and taken out of the passive construction "the risk-taking bravado is beloved of [by] politicians" where "of" (a little bit old-fashioned) stands for "by" thus implicating the agent "they" in "politicians belove the risk taking bravado"?
To be honest, I am not sure of the grammat
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GPYTo be honest, I am not sure of the grammatical explanation of "beloved of". I cannot offhand think of anything else analogous in modern English. It may be an archaic pattern frozen in this expression.
Thank you for the explanation.
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