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The clip was also sent to friends of the victim, it has been claimed.
it has been claimed. (complete sentence). Subject it (antecedent of clip).
So would this be an inversion of 'It has been claimed that'.
On these examples you could reverse the bolded clauses to the front of the sentence, but these are not inversions like the first example right? I wasn't sure due to the hyphen used like pause?
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The clip was also sent to friends of the victim, it has been claimed. it has been claimed. (complete sentence).
- The clip was also sent to friends of the victim, it has been claimed.
- it has been claimed.
- (complete sentence).
- Subject it (antecedent of clip).
- So would this be an inversion of 'It has been claimed that'.
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The clip was also sent to friends of the victim, it has been claimed.
it has been claimed. (complete sentence). Subject it (antecedent of clip).
So would this be an inversion of 'It has been claimed that'. <<<<<<< Yes
On these examples you could reverse the bolded clauses to the front of the sentence, b
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