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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
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Something approaching normal
But slowly, the Ukrainians are working to restore Izium and the other recaptured territories to something approaching normal.
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Is "approaching" a linking verb in the non-finite clause something approaching normal?
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anonymousIs "approaching" a linking verb in the non-finite clause something approaching normal?
I'd say that "something approaching normal" is a noun phrase, not a clause.
"approaching normal" is a (very short) participle clause that modifies "something" as a relative clause would.
The idea is "something that approaches
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