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Jobb Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
the armada is being deployed
The sentence:
The largest armada of land, air and maritime forces ever assembled to provide security at a national political gathering is being deployed for the Republican convention.
I think the subject of the sentence is armada, which means "A large group of moving things". Right?
The largest armada of land, air and maritime forces ever assembled to provide security at a national political gathering is being deployed for the Republican convention.
I think the subject of the sentence is armada, which means "A large group of moving things". Right?
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Hello, Jobb The sentence has a long subject: "The largest armada of land, air and maritime forces ever assembled to provide security at a national political gathering". "armada" is the head of the subject. The words means a large group or force of vehicles, planes, ships, etc.
- Hello, Jobb The sentence has a long subject: "The largest armada of land, air and maritime forces ever assembled to provide security at a national political gathering".
- "armada" is the head of the subject.
- The words means a large group or force of vehicles, planes, ships, etc.
- In my mother tongue (Spanish), the word is used to refer to the navy only.
- I hope it helps.
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Hello, Jobb 
The sentence has a long subject:
"The largest armada of land, air and maritime forces ever assembled to
The sentence has a long subject:
"The largest armada of land, air and maritime forces ever assembled to
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I particularly omitted the affiliated parts of the long subject and picked the head out of its body.
Thank you for replying.
Thank you for replying.
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In English too the primary meaning is a maritime force, Miriam, with the secondary meaning of any group of forces, and I do find it rings a little strange here without an ocean.
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