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Sesquipedalian101 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Phrase or Clause

In the following sentence, what is the underlined part of the sentence called: a phrase or clause?

"The police officer cannot insist on seeing the passport, or being told its number."

I think, there should have an "on" before "being". If I am right, then, it Is a propositional phrase. Am I correct?

  

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" No need for on . I wouldn't use a comma after passport .

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  • " No need for on .
  • I wouldn't use a comma after passport .
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Selvakumar"The police officer cannot insist on seeing the passport, or being told its number."

No need for on. I wouldn't use a comma after passport.

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The police officer cannot insist on [seeing the passport] or [being told its number].

Being told its number is a gerund-participial clause.

The two bracketed expressions form a coordination of gerund-participial clauses functioning as complement of the preposition "on".

A further "on" could optionally be inserted before "being", in which case on being

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