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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Remain : verb or noun?
A worn-thin dress may hang in the back of a closet even though it hasn't been worn in years because the faint scent of pine that lingers on it is all that remains of someone's sixteenth summer.
Is 'remain' in this sentence a verb or a plural noun?
Is 'that' before 'remain' a relative or a demonstrative?
Is 'remain' in this sentence a verb or a plural noun?
Is 'that' before 'remain' a relative or a demonstrative?
Top answer
-- A verb. -- A relative.
- -- A verb.
- -- A relative.
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Is 'remain' in this sentence a verb or a plural noun?-- A verb.
Is 'that' before 'remain' a relative or a demonstrative?-- A relative.
Is 'that' before 'remain' a relative or a demonstrative?-- A relative.
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Remains is a verb: A worn-thin dress...is all that remains/is remaining..."
"That" is a relative word; it introduces the relative clause that remains of someone's sixteenth summer.
BillJ
"That" is a relative word; it introduces the relative clause that remains of someone's sixteenth summer.
BillJ
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it is all that remains of/from someone's sixteenth summer.
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