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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Under

"That may sound absurd now, after Trump has attacked nearly the entire Republican catechism (he savaged the Iraq War and hedge fund managers in the same debate) and been greatly rewarded for it, but that was the assumption the GOP brain trust operated under." (Politico Magazine.)

What is, if any, the implied object of the preposition "under" in the above sentence?
  

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They operated under a certain assumption that may sound absurd now, according to be beginning of the posted sentence. The quote does not contain the assumption itself; perhaps it was explained in the previous sentence.

— Khoff

  • They operated under a certain assumption that may sound absurd now, according to be beginning of the posted sentence.
  • The quote does not contain the assumption itself; perhaps it was explained in the previous sentence.
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They operated under a certain assumption that may sound absurd now, according to be beginning of the posted sentence. The quote does not contain the assumption itself; perhaps it was explained in the previous sentence.
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khoffThey operated under a certain assumption that may sound absurd now
Oh, I see it now clearly. Thank you very much.
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