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"Laughing from the upstairs windows of the inferno, we must assume, are the psychopathic babysitters Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom, only one of whom will emerge from the burning temple as the mother of dragons." (The Guardian.)
Is "the psychopathic babysitters Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom" a subject and "are laughing" a predicator in the above that-clause (i.e. We must assume (that) the psychopathic babysitters Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom are laughing from the upstairs windows of the inferno)?
Is "the psychopathic babysitters Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom" a subject and "are laughing" a predicator in the above that-clause (i.e. We must assume (that) the psychopathic babysitters Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom are laughing from the upstairs windows of the inferno)?
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Anonymous Is "the psychopathic babysitters Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom" a subject Yes indeed. e. We must assume (that) the psychopathic babysitters Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom are laughing from the upstairs windows of the inferno)?
- Anonymous Is "the psychopathic babysitters Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom" a subject Yes indeed.
- e.
- We must assume (that) the psychopathic babysitters Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom are laughing from the upstairs windows of the inferno)?
- Correct.
- There's a little stylistic inversion here to allow that heavy clause to appear at the end of the sentence.
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AnonymousIs "the psychopathic babysitters Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom" a subjectYes indeed.
Anonymousand "are laughing" a predicator in the above that-clause (i.e. We must assume (that) the psychopathic babysitters Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom are laughing from the upstairs windows of the inferno)?Correct. There's a
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