Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
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Every time there is leak like this, the powers that be close the circle of trust little tighter.
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If would be grateful if someone can break down both the sentences in terms of parts of speech , especially "that" and "be" stumped me completely that I can not find even the subject and verb?
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Every time there is a leak like this, the powers that be close the circle of trust a little tighter. Every time — adverb [that] there is leak like this — relative clause, modifying time . there — pronoun is — verb a leak — noun phrase, subject like this — prepositional phrase, modifying leak the powers — noun phrase, main clause subject that be — clause, modifying powers (Note "powers that be" is an idiomatic expression meaning the people or natural forces that are in control.
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Every time there is a leak like this, the powers that be close the circle of trust a little tighter.
Every time — adverb
[that] there is leak like this — relative clause, modifying time.
there — pronoun
is — verb
a leak — noun phrase, subject
like this— prepositional phrase, modifying le
Every time — adverb
[that] there is leak like this — relative clause, modifying time.
there — pronoun
is — verb
a leak — noun phrase, subject
like this— prepositional phrase, modifying le
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