Tells you all you need to know...
When journalist Carrie Gracie walked into parliament on Wednesday, ready to deliver some damning testimony about her treatment at the hands of the BBC – testimony that would be beamed around the world – she was accompanied by a representative from her union, and that was about it. The BBC director general Tony Hall, in contrast, had a dozen minders. “Tells you all you need to know really,” commented one seasoned BBCcampaigner, eyeing the scene wearily. (The Guardian.)
Is When journalist Carrie Gracie walked into parliament on Wednesday, ready to deliver some damning testimony about her treatment at the hands of the BBC – testimony that would be beamed around the world – she was accompanied by a representative from her union, and that was about it. The BBC director general Tony Hall, in contrast, had a dozen minders an implied subject of the clause "Tells you all you need to know really" in the paragraph above?
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The implied subject of "tells" is something like: "The fact that she was accompanied only by a representative from her union, whereas the BBC director general Tony Hall had a dozen minders"
- The implied subject of "tells" is something like: "The fact that she was accompanied only by a representative from her union, whereas the BBC director general Tony Hall had a dozen minders"
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The implied subject of "tells" is something like:
"The fact that she was accompanied only by a representative from her union, whereas the BBC director general Tony Hall had a dozen minders"
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