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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Hi,
"However a failure by the US Congress to agree a more balanced way to cut the federal government's deficit could also see the US economy shrinking, the OECD warned, as in the absence of a deal harsh government spending cuts and tax rises are due to take place over the next 15 months." [From the BBC website.]
Is my parsing correct:
- "However" - a sentence adverb,
- "the OECD" - a subject,
- "warned" - a verb,
- "a failure by the US Congress to agree a more balanced way to cut the federal government's deficit could also see the US economy shrinking" - an object,
- "as in the absence of a deal harsh government spending cuts and tax rises are due to take place over the next 15 months" - a circumstance adverb?
Thank you
"However a failure by the US Congress to agree a more balanced way to cut the federal government's deficit could also see the US economy shrinking, the OECD warned, as in the absence of a deal harsh government spending cuts and tax rises are due to take place over the next 15 months." [From the BBC website.]
Is my parsing correct:
- "However" - a sentence adverb,
- "the OECD" - a subject,
- "warned" - a verb,
- "a failure by the US Congress to agree a more balanced way to cut the federal government's deficit could also see the US economy shrinking" - an object,
- "as in the absence of a deal harsh government spending cuts and tax rises are due to take place over the next 15 months" - a circumstance adverb?
Thank you
Top answer
Here is the complete sentence. " The quoted sentence has a rather complex structure.
- Here is the complete sentence.
- " The quoted sentence has a rather complex structure.
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Here is the complete sentence. The entire quoted sentence is the object of "warned."
The OEDC warned, "However, a failure by the US Congress to agree a more balanced way to cut the federal government's deficit could also see the US economy shrinking, as, in the absence of a deal, harsh government spending cuts and tax rises are due to take place over the next 15 months."
The OEDC warned, "However, a failure by the US Congress to agree a more balanced way to cut the federal government's deficit could also see the US economy shrinking, as, in the absence of a deal, harsh government spending cuts and tax rises are due to take place over the next 15 months."
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