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It only had 100 men, didn’t find her a single match, and then sued her when she complained.
Do we class the first part as the main clause ' It only had 100 men'. Are the rest classes as clauses or fragments on there own.
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It [only had 100 men], [didn’t find her a single match], and [then sued her when she complained] . No, the main clause is the entire sentence. This is a coordinate construction, where the three bracketed elements are VPs (verb phrases), the last one connected with "and".
- It [only had 100 men], [didn’t find her a single match], and [then sued her when she complained] .
- No, the main clause is the entire sentence.
- This is a coordinate construction, where the three bracketed elements are VPs (verb phrases), the last one connected with "and".
- The subject is "it", and the whole coordination of VPs together with "and" functions as predicate.
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It [only had 100 men], [didn’t find her a single match], and [then sued her when she complained].
No, the main clause is the entire sentence.
This is a coordinate construction, where the three bracketed elements are VPs (verb phrases), the last one connected with "and". The subject is "it", and the whole coordination of VPs together with "and" functions as predicate.
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