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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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the most money

As a coach, he makes the most money in the league.

Do you say " the most money " ?

Can you say ?

He pays the highest in the league. Or, He is being paid the highest in the league.

#2 Every mintue that I think about you is every mintue that I waste for my life.

Every mintue is the subject.

That I think about you is modfied clause. Is it noun modified clause ?

Every mintue is the subject predicate.

That I waste for my life is a modified clause ?

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Hi Anon, You asked: Can you say ? He pays the highest in the league. No , but you can say “he gets paid the highest in the league .

  • Hi Anon, You asked: Can you say ?
  • He pays the highest in the league.
  • No , but you can say “he gets paid the highest in the league .
  • Or, He is being paid the highest in the league.
  • Ok, or he has the highest salary as a coach in the leaque.
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Hi Anon,

You asked:

Can you say ?

He pays the highest in the league.

No , but you can say “he gets paid the highest in the league.

Or, He is being paid the highest in the league. Ok, or he has th
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I like Goodman's rewrite: Every minute I spend thinking about you is a minute wasted in my life.

However, every minute is the subject. If you rewrote it as "Evey minute I spend thinking about you, I waste another minute of my life" then I would be the subject.

The restrictive clause "that I think about you" modifies the subjct "every

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