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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
What does this mean, grammatically?
PLEASE help me understand the meaning of this sentence:
"Employer hereby employs employee so long as employee is a shareholder, subject to the business judgment of employer."
Specifically I was wondering wha the "subject to" clause in the sentence above actually modifies:
Does it modify "employs?"
Can an argument be made that the "subject to" clause modifies "shareholder?"
What kind of a clause is the "subject to" clause, anyway?
Is this a badly drafted and ambiguous sentence?
THANKS so very very much for your help. I am going insane trying to figure this out.
"Employer hereby employs employee so long as employee is a shareholder, subject to the business judgment of employer."
Specifically I was wondering wha the "subject to" clause in the sentence above actually modifies:
Does it modify "employs?"
Can an argument be made that the "subject to" clause modifies "shareholder?"
What kind of a clause is the "subject to" clause, anyway?
Is this a badly drafted and ambiguous sentence?
THANKS so very very much for your help. I am going insane trying to figure this out.
Top answer
" I think so. " Yes What kind of a clause is the "subject to" clause, anyway? Adverbial or adjectival, depending on which word you think it relates to.
- " I think so.
- " Yes What kind of a clause is the "subject to" clause, anyway?
- Adverbial or adjectival, depending on which word you think it relates to.
- I would call it a phrase, not a clause.
- Is this a badly drafted and ambiguous sentence?
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Hi,
PLEASE help me understand the meaning of this sentence:
"Employer hereby employs employee so long as employee is a shareholder, subject to the business judgment of employer."
Specifically I was wondering wha the "subject to" clause in the sentence above actually modifies:
Does it modify "employs?" I think so.
Can an argument be made that
PLEASE help me understand the meaning of this sentence:
"Employer hereby employs employee so long as employee is a shareholder, subject to the business judgment of employer."
Specifically I was wondering wha the "subject to" clause in the sentence above actually modifies:
Does it modify "employs?" I think so.
Can an argument be made that
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