Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
This
"When the shadow minister whose brief this includes fails to realise this, we have some idea of the scale of the problem." (The Guardian.)
Is "this" a direct object of the verb "includes" in the relative clause "whose brief [a short statement (tweet)] this includes" in the above sentence?
Is "this" a direct object of the verb "includes" in the relative clause "whose brief [a short statement (tweet)] this includes" in the above sentence?
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Anonymous Is "this" a direct object of the verb "includes" in the relative clause "whose brief [a short statement (tweet)] this includes " in the above sentence? this = subject includes = verb brief = object
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AnonymousIs "this" a direct object of the verb "includes" in the relative clause "whose brief [a short statement (tweet)] this includes" in the above sentence?this = subject
includes = verb
brief = object
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