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Takehisa Tanaka Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Why one subject has two verbs.
Hi,
I have a question.
Could you please tell me the answer?
I found the following sentence in a dictionary:
"It seems as though all he ever does is criticize."
I think "all" means all of things he does.
But after that there are two verb, "is" and "criticize".
Why does this sentence have two verbs to one subject.
Thanks in advance.
I have a question.
Could you please tell me the answer?
I found the following sentence in a dictionary:
"It seems as though all he ever does is criticize."
I think "all" means all of things he does.
But after that there are two verb, "is" and "criticize".
Why does this sentence have two verbs to one subject.
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
One is in an embedded relative clause: It seems as though all [that] he ever does is criticize.
- One is in an embedded relative clause: It seems as though all [that] he ever does is criticize.
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One is in an embedded relative clause:
It seems as though all [that] he ever does is criticize.
It seems as though all [that] he ever does is criticize.
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Thanks Mister Micawber.
But I have still been confused.
In the phrase "all [that] he ever does is criticize".
I think "all [that] he ever does" is subject, so there are two verbs to this subject, "is" and "criticize".
I can't under stand why there are two verbs.
But I have still been confused.
In the phrase "all [that] he ever does is criticize".
I think "all [that] he ever does" is subject, so there are two verbs to this subject, "is" and "criticize".
I can't under stand why there are two verbs.
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Takehisa Tanaka so there are two verbs to this subject, "is" and "criticize".Ah, I see. The subject is 'all that he ever does'. The verb to the subject is 'is'. And '[to] criticize' is an infinitive complement.
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