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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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"The assailants who have been killed have been shot dead either by their victims or by security forces as they carried out attacks." (BBC website.)
Is "The assailants who have been killed" a subject and "have been shot" a predicator in the above sentence?
  

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Yes, if by "predicator" you essentially mean the verb.

  • Yes, if by "predicator" you essentially mean the verb.
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Yes, if by "predicator" you essentially mean the verb.
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GPYYes, if by "predicator" you essentially mean the verb.
Thank you for the reply. Yes, I mean that. My understanding is that verb is a form and predicator is a function.

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