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Jack112 Posted 19 years ago
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01. This removal reduces the number of components that are to be patched and made secure, which, in turn, 01b00has 02b00the potential to reduce entry points available to a possible intruder. (What is the subject for 'has'? How do you figure out?)02br
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0 Ask the question: 02br 01b 02br 01u 01i 00 What02i 02u 02b 01i 01u 00 02u 01b 00has02b 00 the potential to reduce ...? 02i 02br 02br 00 If you don't have the answer, you haven't yet understood the sentence. Don't look for structure before meaning.

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  • 0 Ask the question: 02br 01b 02br 01u 01i 00 What02i 02u 02b 01i 01u 00 02u 01b 00has02b 00 the potential to reduce ...?
  • 02i 02br 02br 00 If you don't have the answer, you haven't yet understood the sentence.
  • Don't look for structure before meaning.
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01u01i00 What02i02u02b01i01u00 02u01b00has02b00 the potential to reduce ...? 02i02br
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01. This removal reduces the number of components that are to be patched and made secure, which, in turn, 01b00has 02b00the potential to reduce entry points available to a possible intruder. 02br
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00It is quite a difficult sentence to understand. The subject of "has" is "which"; the antecedent of "which", however, is only 01i00implicit0
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01. The 01b00password 02b00that is used for authentication01b00, 02b00and the data transported between the systems during such communication sessions01b00,02b00 01b00is 02b00not encrypted. (Do the commas here make the subject singular thus the verb 'is' Why make the subject singular?02br
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0Jack, your second version reads better to me.0-
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0What is the subject for 'which' ? I can't seem to figure it out. Thanks.02br
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001. According to Natural Resources Canada, the west cost of Canada is one of the few areas in the world where all three kinds of geological plate movements are present, 01b00which02b00 01b00causes 02b00more than 1,000 earthquakes a year.02br
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0"which" refers back to the fact that there are all three tectonic movements present at the west cost of Canada.02br
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00There is no subject but referent. This is what they call it.0-
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0 1. Winbindd communicates with domain controllers for providing information such as the groups to which a user belongs. It also provides an interface to Windows' LanManager authentication schemes, 01b00commonly 02b00referred to as NTLM authentication, for Unix services other than Samba. (Is 'commonly' referring to '01b00Winbindd02b00'? )0-
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1font00Winbindd communicates with domain controllers for providing information such as the groups to which a user belongs. It also provides an interface to Windows' LanManager authentication schemes, 01b00commonly 02b00referred to as NTLM authentication, for Unix services other than Samba. (Is 'commonly' referring to '01b00Winbindd02
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0 1. With age 01b00comes 02b00wisdom. (What is the subect for 'comes' ? I can't seem to figure it out for a simple sentence like this. Would it be '01b00age02b00'? )0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font001. With age 01b00comes 02b00wisdom. (What is the subect for 'comes' ? I can't seem to figure it out for a simple sentence like this. Would it be '01b00age02b00'? )02font02br
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00The subject is 'wisdom'. It's just a less common but still correct word
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