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Stella282 Posted 17 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Translation news article

WHile reaindg this news, I can't not cach the point exactly. Can you help me?

Five other people believed to be connected to the massacre were also being prosecuted, the state-run Philippines News Agency reported.

I think the sentece is finished with "Five other people believed to be connected to the massacre" but I can see Verb again. Is this 'relative clauses'? if so, the noun is five other people?

please let me know how i translate this sentece.
  

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/ subject predicator direct object clause Basically, /THEY/ REPORTED/ THAT/ I think is how you can account for it.

  • / subject predicator direct object clause Basically, /THEY/ REPORTED/ THAT/ I think is how you can account for it.
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/Five other people believed to be connected to the massacre were also being prosecuted/, the state-run Philippines News Agency/ reported./

Five other people believed to be connected to the massacre = one sentence element, BUT only within the direct object clause.See below:

/The state-run Philippines News Agency/ reported/ (that) five other people...also being prose
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Hi Stella,
I think you have have gotten the point of the sentence correctly. I'm not sure what you meant by 'finished with'--ended?

You are correct that the first part contains a relative clause with the word who omitted:

Five other people who were believed to be connected with the massacre were...

It might be easier to understand if the one se

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