What is the the verb that modify the bold text?
For this reason most people are as provincial in time as they are in space: they huddle down into their time and regard it as their total environment. But the opposite would be nearer the truth. Their time is about to be swept away and become nothing but a memory—and not even that for very long, but rather an ever-receding sliver of an ever-expanding history. Little of it will survive in anyone’s mind. Even less will be of lasting interest, except to historians.
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I'm so confused about the bold text, what is the the verb that modify it?
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XVI I'm so confused about the bold text, what is the the verb that modify it? The phrase "and not even that for very long, but rather an ever-receding sliver of an ever-expanding history" is a parenthetical comment referring to "memory", similar to apposition.
- XVI I'm so confused about the bold text, what is the the verb that modify it?
- The phrase "and not even that for very long, but rather an ever-receding sliver of an ever-expanding history" is a parenthetical comment referring to "memory", similar to apposition.
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XVII'm so confused about the bold text, what is the the verb that modify it?
The phrase "and not even that for very long, but rather an ever-receding sliver of an ever-expanding history" is a parenthetical comment referring to "memory", similar to apposition.
0Where is the text in bold?
By the way, I wonder whether the verb in question is a head of the phrase. If it is, it cannot modifies its dependents.
0XVII'm so confused about the bold text, what is thetheverb that modifies it?
Yikes! A verb can't modify. Just ask What is the verb associated with the bold text?
It turns out that the verb become is associated with it, but not really very closely when compared to the noun memor
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