Tinanam0102 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Verb to be or not
Hi teachers,
"While allowing Jack control of the hunters turns out to be political suicide"
Is there a missing word in the sentence? Like "allowing Jack to take control of" or "allowing Jack's control of"?
Thank you
TN
Top answer
tinanam0102 Is there a missing word in the sentence? No. It is simply not a sentence.
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tinanam0102Is there a missing word in the sentence?
No. It is simply not a sentence. It is a dependent clause, with "while" as a subordinator. The entire sentence is this:
While allowing Jack control of the hunters turns out to be political (and almost personal) suicide ultimately, Ralph himself is still under the spell of polite society, looking
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