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Icy_blue Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
which is the predicate verb?
Dear teachers:
Which is the predicate verb in the following sentence, questioned or affiliated? And could you paraphrase the sentence?
The majority of people questioned affiliated themselves with a religious group.
I saw this sentence in Oxford Advanced Learner Compass while looking up the word of "affiliate", It reads:
2affiliate (yourself) (with sb/sth) to join, to be connected with, or to work for an organization:
[vn] The majority of people questioned affiliated themselves with a religious group. [also v]
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Which is the predicate verb in the following sentence, questioned or affiliated? And could you paraphrase the sentence?
The majority of people questioned affiliated themselves with a religious group.
I saw this sentence in Oxford Advanced Learner Compass while looking up the word of "affiliate", It reads:
2affiliate (yourself) (with sb/sth) to join, to be connected with, or to work for an organization:
[vn] The majority of people questioned affiliated themselves with a religious group. [also v]
Blues
Top answer
Affiliated is the main verb. The subject is majority . The majority of people [who were] questioned affiliated themselves with a religious group (= said that they were affiliated with a religious group).
- Affiliated is the main verb.
- The subject is majority .
- The majority of people [who were] questioned affiliated themselves with a religious group (= said that they were affiliated with a religious group).
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Affiliated is the main verb. The subject is majority.
The majority of people [who were] questioned affiliated themselves with a religious group (= said that they were affiliated with a religious group).
The majority of people [who were] questioned affiliated themselves with a religious group (= said that they were affiliated with a religious group).
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