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Olive banana Posted 9 years ago
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The only thing she lacks is….
"The only thing she lacks is children."
Could someone please explain this structure of this sentence to me? It seems to me like She is subject, lacks is verbs and children is direct object. Or is thing subject, is verb, and children direct object?
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The subject is "thing."
The verb is "is."
The subject complement is "children."
"she lacks" is a relative clause, modifying "thing."
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olive bananastructure of this sentence
[ The only thing ...................... { There is one thing. }
.................... which she lacks ] {She lacks that thing.}
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