"Thornberry says progress has been glacial. People on average earnings pay their taxes. So it is about time tax avoidance by the wealthy stopped. It does not need to be like this, she says." (The Guardian.)
Is "stopped" an adjectival verbal en-form (a sort of adjective functioning as a complement of "tax avoidance") or is it a predicator in clause tax avoidance [by the wealthy] stopped?
Anonymous s "stopped" an adjectival verbal en-form (a sort of adjective functioning as a complement of "tax avoidance") No. Anonymous is it a predicator in clause tax avoidance [by the wealthy] stopped? Yes.
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Anonymouss "stopped" an adjectival verbal en-form (a sort of adjective functioning as a complement of "tax avoidance")
No.
Anonymousis it a predicator in clause tax avoidance [by the wealthy] stopped?
Yes.