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Tkacka15 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

We know (...) what we are dealing with with him...

"And if, in fact, what he wants is no deal, then he should have the honesty to say so, so we know then quite what we are dealing with with him and those he is dealing with in the party."

(BBC website.)


In the sentence above:

Is with him and those he is dealing with in the party a PP (with the compound complement) and an adjunct?

Is what we are dealing with a noun phrase and the direct object of know?

Is the whole sentence a main clause?

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My answer to all those question is 'yes'. Am I right?

  

Top answer

tkacka15 My answer to all those question is 'yes'. Am I right? Not quite.

— BillJ

  • tkacka15 My answer to all those question is 'yes'.
  • Am I right?
  • Not quite.
  • " You are right that the underlined constituent is a preposition phrase.
  • With is the head and him and those he is dealing with in the party form a coordination of NPs serving as its complement.
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tkacka15My answer to all those question is 'yes'. Am I right?

Not quite.

"And if, in fact, what he wants is no deal, then he should have the honesty to say so, so we know then quite what we are dealing with with him and those he is dealing with in the party."

You are right that the underlined constituent is a preposition phrase.

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