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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Coats “recognizes the opportunity to serve outweighs any possibility of personal gain”, Spicer said. (The Guardian.)

Is Coats recognizes the opportunity to serve a subject in the clause Coats recognizes the opportunity to serve outweighs any possibility of personal gain in the above?
  

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Parse it this way. The subjects are in bold. Spicer said [ that ] Coats “recognizes [ that ] the opportunity to serve outweighs any possibility of personal gain”.

— Clive

  • Parse it this way.
  • The subjects are in bold.
  • Spicer said [ that ] Coats “recognizes [ that ] the opportunity to serve outweighs any possibility of personal gain”.
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Parse it this way. The subjects are in bold.

Spicer said

[ that ] Coats“recognizes

[ that ] the opportunity to serve outweighs any possibility of personal gain”.
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CliveParse it this way. The subjects are in bold.Spicer said [ that ] Coats“recognizes [ that ] the opportunity to serve outweighs any possibility of personal gain”.
Thank you for the reply. I know that the main clause has its own subject "Spicer". What I've meant is the clause itself which Spicer expressed. (There is a bug in the editor which deleted my itali
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Coats “recognizes

[ that ] the opportunity to serve outweighs any possibility of personal gain”.


The main subject here is Coats. The subordinate clause is the object, ie it is what he recognizes.



the opportunity to servel is the subject of the subordinate clause..
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Clive Coats “recognizes [ that ] the opportunity to serve outweighs any possibility of personal gain”. The main subject here is Coats. The subordinate clause is the object, ie it is what he recognizes. the opportunity to servel is the subject of the subordinate clause..
I think that "outweighs any possibility of personal gain" is predicate in which "any possib
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Do you understand that these are two clauses? And that each has its own subject?
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Yes, I do. But I see one of them, i.e., "Coats recognizes the opportunity to serve" as a subject of that whole clause.
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It isn't as Clive showed in his first response in this thread. Look at it again.
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fivejedjonIt isn't as Clive showed in his first response in this thread. Look at it again.
Yes, I've got to admit that Clive is right.
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