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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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This is democracy manifest
Hello,
You have probably seen this old clip of a man (Paul Dosza) being arrested for not paying at a restaurant. Here's the link if you haven't.
My question is about the sentence in the title: "This is democracy manifest."
I am positive that "manifest" is used as a subjunctive verb (if not any other type of verb) in this sentence but I wasn't very convincing while proving it to a couple of friends.
I would really appreciate an analysis of this particular sentence.
Cheers.
You have probably seen this old clip of a man (Paul Dosza) being arrested for not paying at a restaurant. Here's the link if you haven't.
My question is about the sentence in the title: "This is democracy manifest."
I am positive that "manifest" is used as a subjunctive verb (if not any other type of verb) in this sentence but I wasn't very convincing while proving it to a couple of friends.
I would really appreciate an analysis of this particular sentence.
Cheers.
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Anonymous I am positive that "manifest" is used as a subjunctive verb (if not any other type of verb) in this sentence No, I think it's an adjective in a verbless clause placed after the noun: This is democracy [when it is] manifest . Cf: Here's a photo of my brother drunk.
- Anonymous I am positive that "manifest" is used as a subjunctive verb (if not any other type of verb) in this sentence No, I think it's an adjective in a verbless clause placed after the noun: This is democracy [when it is] manifest .
- Cf: Here's a photo of my brother drunk.
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AnonymousI am positive that "manifest" is used as a subjunctive verb (if not any other type of verb) in this sentenceNo, I think it's an adjective in a verbless clause placed after the noun: This is democracy [when it is] manifest.
Cf: Here's a photo of my brother drunk.
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