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Hi."The extent to which ordinary Russians get behind an Olympics that, to date, have sometimes appeared the obsession of just one man will be a key factor in determining how they are remembered."  [From the Guardian.]Have I correctly identified the subject, verb and complement in the sentence?The extent - a subject;will be - a verb;a key factor - a complement.Thank you.

Philip · Accepted Answer

Yes.

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you, Philip, for your useful reply.

RandomGuy · Answer

AnonymousThe extent - a subject;

That is not a constituent here. There is a relative clause to consider. The underlined noun phrase below is the subject of the main clause:

The extent to which ordinary Russians get behind an Olympics that have sometimes appeared the obsession of just one man will be a key factor in determining how they are remembered.

Anonymouswill be - a verb

That’s two verbs.

Anonymousa key factor - a complement

A key factor does not make up a constituent here either. The head noun factor has another dependent element besides a and key, a preposition phrase. So a key factor in determining how they are remembered is predicative complement.

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you, AG, for your reply. In my opinion, the The extent to which ordinary Russians get behind an Olympics that have sometimes appeared the obsession of just one man is a subject territory where "The extent" is a headword of that. The a key factor in determining how they are remembered, again in my opinion, is a complement territory where "a key factor" is a headword for that. What I wanted to do is to emphasise such headwords at the expense of other parts of those territories which modify the subject and complement.

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