Why is "the charge goes" set off by commas
About this sentence in the image : Since immigrants are willing to work for lower wages, the charge goes, employers lay off native-born workers and hire immigrants in their place.
Is this sentence the same thing as "The charge goes that since immigrants are willing to work for lower wages, employers lay off native-born workers and hire immigrants in their place" ?
And what is the grammatical term for inserting a sentence in the middle of a sentence like this?
Could you give me some more examples that is similar to this sentence?
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fire1 Is this sentence the same thing as "The charge goes that since immigrants are willing to work for lower wages, employers lay off native-born workers and hire immigrants in their place" ? Yes. fire1 And what is the grammatical term for inserting a sentence in the middle of a sentence like this?
- fire1 Is this sentence the same thing as "The charge goes that since immigrants are willing to work for lower wages, employers lay off native-born workers and hire immigrants in their place" ?
- Yes.
- fire1 And what is the grammatical term for inserting a sentence in the middle of a sentence like this?
- Inversion.
- Any change of position of the elements of sentence so that they are not in the usual position counts as some kind of inversion.
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fire1Is this sentence the same thing as "The charge goes that since immigrants are willing to work for lower wages, employers lay off native-born workers and hire immigrants in their place" ?
Yes.
fire1And what is the grammatical term for inserting a sentence in the middle of a sentence like this?
Inversion. Any c
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