'relative gap'
"There is a small industry of research and investigative firms in Washington, typically staffed by a mix of former journalists and security officials, adept at finding information about politicians that the politicians would rather stay hidden." (The Guardian.)
Is"information about politicians" a noun phrase in the above?
Is "that" a subordinator and a gap in clause "that the politicians would rather stay
--------hidden" a relative (implied) element in the cited sentence?
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Anonymous Is "information about politicians" a noun phrase in the above? Yes, and it continues to the end of the sentence if you want to capture the whole scope of that noun phrase. Anonymous Is "that" a subordinator and a gap in clause "that the politicians would rather stay hidden" a relative (implied) element in the cited sentence?
- Anonymous Is "information about politicians" a noun phrase in the above?
- Yes, and it continues to the end of the sentence if you want to capture the whole scope of that noun phrase.
- Anonymous Is "that" a subordinator and a gap in clause "that the politicians would rather stay hidden" a relative (implied) element in the cited sentence?
- 'that' is a subordinator.
- I don't think the terminology allows us to say that 'that' is both a subordinator AND a gap.
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AnonymousIs "information about politicians" a noun phrase in the above?
Yes, and it continues to the end of the sentence if you want to capture the whole scope of that noun phrase.
AnonymousIs "that" a subordinator and a gap in clause "that the politicians would rather stay hidden" a relative (implied) element in the cited senten
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