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Tkacka15 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Verbless clause

"The residents of Bell End, like many of us, hope 2018 will bring a fresh start. To be clear, I mean the residents of Bell End, the street in Rowley Regis, not Bell End, the village in Worcestershire. The latter Bell Enders probably hope it’ll be a fresh start too, but not in the same way as the Rowley Regis ones." (The Guardian.)

Is but not in the same way as the Rowley Regis ones a clause despite being devoid of a verb in the paragraph above?

  

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The verb has been omitted and is 'understood' as being there:

"...hope it’ll be a fresh start too, but not in the same way as the Rowley Regis ones hope (it will)."

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