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Jobb Posted 21 years ago
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The subject of the sentence below is "roots"?
Although she had no memory of her childhood near-death experience, the knowledge of it, coupled with the fertile ground of an already self-effacing nature, were the roots of the humility that graced her entire life.
Although she had no memory of her childhood near-death experience, the knowledge of it, coupled with the fertile ground of an already self-effacing nature, were the roots of the humility that graced her entire life.
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No. Since the affirmative order is:
Subject + verb + object
Then the subject of your sentence is:
"The knowledge of it [of her childhood near-death experience], coupled with the fertile ground of an already self-effAcing nature"
Which is followed by the verb and the object, here "the roots of her humility":
"...were the roots of her humility..."
Subject + verb + object
Then the subject of your sentence is:
"The knowledge of it [of her childhood near-death experience], coupled with the fertile ground of an already self-effAcing nature"
Which is followed by the verb and the object, here "the roots of her humility":
"...were the roots of her humility..."
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I would interpret the sentence differently from NC.
Since the verb is copulative ('were'), I would call the structure of the main clause Subj + Verb + Subjective Complement:
Subject: 'the knowledge of it, coupled with the fertile ground of an already self-effacing nature'
Verb: 'were'
Subjective Complement: 'the roots of the humility that graced her entire
Since the verb is copulative ('were'), I would call the structure of the main clause Subj + Verb + Subjective Complement:
Subject: 'the knowledge of it, coupled with the fertile ground of an already self-effacing nature'
Verb: 'were'
Subjective Complement: 'the roots of the humility that graced her entire
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