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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary
Privilege
Deliberate decisions by this government to privilege tax giveaways to the super-rich and giant corporations have further undermined the tax base. (press.labour.org.com)
Is "privilege" a verb or a noun in the attributive position in the above?
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a verb. The syntax here is privilege something to somebody . But But a more standard syntax is privilege somebody to do something.
- a verb.
- The syntax here is privilege something to somebody .
- But But a more standard syntax is privilege somebody to do something.
- This would require the above sentence to be reworded.
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a verb.
The syntax here is privilege something to somebody.
But But a more standard syntax is privilege somebody to do something. This would require the above sentence to be reworded.
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