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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Verb "be" s complement.

She wandered where the best place for the new cabinets would be.

I'm foreigner. i got a question. Where is the verb "be" s complement? I can't understand that sentence's structure. Please help me out.
  

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Anonymous She w o ndered where the best place for the new cabinets would be. "wonder" takes an indirect question as its complement ( where the best place for the new cabinets would be ). The corresponding direct question is Where would the best place for the new cabinets be?

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  • Anonymous She w o ndered where the best place for the new cabinets would be.
  • "wonder" takes an indirect question as its complement ( where the best place for the new cabinets would be ).
  • The corresponding direct question is Where would the best place for the new cabinets be?
  • A statement which might answer that is The best place for the new cabinets would be on the east wall of the kitchen.
  • Thus, the complement of "would be" in the original sentence is "where".
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AnonymousShe wondered where the best place for the new cabinets would be.
"wonder" takes an indirect question as its complement (where the best place for the new cabinets would be).

The corresponding direct question is Where would the best place for the new cabinets be?

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