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Jooney Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Reduced relative clause
Hi,
Mr. Smith’s criticism, much more than stories about bonuses or brickbats from the likes of Occupy Wall Street, could be especially painful for Wall Street now. Memories are still fresh of the Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit filed in April 2010 accusing Goldman of fraud, after it sold clients complicated mortgage backed securities that later soured, and never mentioned that it had bet against them.
(taken from the New York Times)
I think the underlined part means the following:
Memories are still fresh of the Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit that was filed in April 2010 and accused Goldman of fraud.
Am I Correct?
I'd appreciate your anwer.
Mr. Smith’s criticism, much more than stories about bonuses or brickbats from the likes of Occupy Wall Street, could be especially painful for Wall Street now. Memories are still fresh of the Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit filed in April 2010 accusing Goldman of fraud, after it sold clients complicated mortgage backed securities that later soured, and never mentioned that it had bet against them.
(taken from the New York Times)
I think the underlined part means the following:
Memories are still fresh of the Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit that was filed in April 2010 and accused Goldman of fraud.
Am I Correct?
I'd appreciate your anwer.
Top answer
jooney Memories are still fresh of the Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit that was filed in April 2010 and accusing Goldman of fraud. Almost, but not quite in my opinion. We can't not combine "was filed " and "accused" in a complex clause due to verb form agreement conflict.
- jooney Memories are still fresh of the Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit that was filed in April 2010 and accusing Goldman of fraud.
- Almost, but not quite in my opinion.
- We can't not combine "was filed " and "accused" in a complex clause due to verb form agreement conflict.
- That - functioned as a relative pronoun.
- "was" is the helping verb needed to form the passive.
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jooneyMemories are still fresh of the Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit that was filed in April 2010 and accusing Goldman of fraud.Almost, but not quite in my opinion. We can't not combine "was filed " and "accused" in a complex clause due to verb form agreement conflict. That -
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I think you're right, DE. The coordinate construcion is one of my weakest areas of grammar. I'd better start an extensive reading on that part. Thanks for the answer.
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