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Sesquipedalian101 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Parsing a Sentence
Please let me know whether I have correctly parsed the following sentence:
"a member of the group authorised in writing by a police officer not below the rank of..."
1. "A member of the group" is a noun phrase and is also the subject of the sentence.
2. The predicate in this sentence is "authorised in writing by a police officer not below the rank of..."
3. "authorized in writing" is an adjective phrase.
4. "by a police officer" is a prepositional phrase.
I am not, however, sure what "not below the rank of" is. Could someone help me with this?
"a member of the group authorised in writing by a police officer not below the rank of..."
1. "A member of the group" is a noun phrase and is also the subject of the sentence.
2. The predicate in this sentence is "authorised in writing by a police officer not below the rank of..."
3. "authorized in writing" is an adjective phrase.
4. "by a police officer" is a prepositional phrase.
I am not, however, sure what "not below the rank of" is. Could someone help me with this?
Top answer
That is not a complete sentence. We cannot tell whether that group of words is the subject or part of the predicate.
- That is not a complete sentence.
- We cannot tell whether that group of words is the subject or part of the predicate.
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That is not a complete sentence. We cannot tell whether that group of words is the subject or part of the predicate.
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Dear fivejedjon,
I am so sorry. Please ignore my initial posting. The actual sentence is:
"A Special Police Officer or a member of the Vigilante Corps authorised in writing by a police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police may arrest the accused..."
1. "A S
I am so sorry. Please ignore my initial posting. The actual sentence is:
"A Special Police Officer or a member of the Vigilante Corps authorised in writing by a police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police may arrest the accused..."
1. "A S
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"authorised in writing by a police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police" is an adjectival phrase modifying the subject. Indeed, it is part of the full subject.
"may arrest the accused" is the predicate.
"may arrest the accused" is the predicate.
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Thank you again, fivejedjon.
Could I say that there is an ellipsis between "Corps" and "authorised"? That is, the copular verb "is" and the pronoun "who" are omitted? It is the copular verb that makes "authorised" adjectival?
Could I say that there is an ellipsis between "Corps" and "authorised"? That is, the copular verb "is" and the pronoun "who" are omitted? It is the copular verb that makes "authorised" adjectival?
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Hello, fivejedon. ... I am not sure whether you missed my last message.
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