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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

What we want to be...

What we want to be is in government.

What we want to be - a subject; a noun phrase;

is - a predicator; a linking verb;

in government - a complement (adverbial); prepositional phrase.

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I question the correctness of this sentence. I think it should be "What we want is to be in government".

  • I question the correctness of this sentence.
  • I think it should be "What we want is to be in government".
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I question the correctness of this sentence. I think it should be "What we want is to be in government".

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