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Blackcheetah Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

what is the structure of this sentence?

0The toll eclipses that from a 1926 wind storm01font01i00 the killed about 2,700 people02i02font00 in the country, according to the database.02br
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00The toll:subject02br
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00eclipse:verb02br
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00that:that toll, object.02br
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00the killed about 2700 people: is it an appositive?0-
  

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02br 00Not 'the'-- 'that'. 01i 00 A windstorm 01b 00that02b 00 killed 270002i 00 people in the country. 0-

  • 02br 00Not 'the'-- 'that'.
  • 01i 00 A windstorm 01b 00that02b 00 killed 270002i 00 people in the country.
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00Not 'the'-- 'that'. 01i00 A windstorm 01b00that02b00 killed 270002i00 people in the country. 02br
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01i00'that killed 270002i00 01i00people in the country02i00' is an adjective clause modifying 01i00windstorm02i00.0-
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0So you mean the original sentence from CNN is wrong? Thank you. 0-

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