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Jigneshbharati Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Parsing the sentence

This winter, let’s bring clean water to Mina’s school in Nepal, giving students a better chance to focus on their dreams.

I saw this on my Facebook.

Is there an independent clause in the above ?
What is the subject and main verb in the above?
Thank you in advance!
  

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Jigneshbharati let’s bring clean water to Mina’s school in Nepal This is the main clause (independent clause). "Let's" is a special word that indicates a first-person plural ("we") imperative (command), so the understood subject is "we". ] The main verb is 'bring'.

  • Jigneshbharati let’s bring clean water to Mina’s school in Nepal This is the main clause (independent clause).
  • "Let's" is a special word that indicates a first-person plural ("we") imperative (command), so the understood subject is "we".
  • ] The main verb is 'bring'.
  • Let's bring ~ We should all bring CJ
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Jigneshbharatilet’s bring clean water to Mina’s school in Nepal

This is the main clause (independent clause).

"Let's" is a special word that indicates a first-person plural ("we") imperative (command), so the understood subject is "we".

[Similarly, in other imperatives like "Come here", the understood subject is "you".]

The main verb is 'b

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