The doubts raised about...
"The passive voice has been used repeatedly: a lot has been said. There was something almost comic about that, as if the comments were unattributable and, above all, from the outside when in fact the doubts raised about Dembélé have come from the inside. And not just via the usual leaks, but said publicly."
(The Guardian.)
Is the doubts raised about Dembélé a non-finite clause or a noun phrase in the finite subordinate clause the doubts raised about Dembélé have come from the inside in the passage above?
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I wonder whether "raised" is a verb which doesn't show tense or is an adjective modifying the head "the doubts" in the doubts raised about Dembélé.
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when in fact the doubts raised about Dembélé have come from the inside . The doubts raised about Dembélé is a noun phrase as subject of the underlined clause. Raised about Dembélé is a past-participial clause (non-finite) modifying "doubts".
- when in fact the doubts raised about Dembélé have come from the inside .
- The doubts raised about Dembélé is a noun phrase as subject of the underlined clause.
- Raised about Dembélé is a past-participial clause (non-finite) modifying "doubts".
- It has the same meaning as the relative clause which were raised about Dembélé.
- Past participial clauses as modifiers of nouns are bare passives, as evident from the admissibility of a by phrase.
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... when in fact the doubts raised about Dembélé have come from the inside.
The doubts raised about Dembélé is a noun phrase as subject of the underlined clause. Raised about Dembélé is a past-participial clause (non-finite) modifying "doubts". It has the same meaning as the relative clause which were raised about Dembélé.
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