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Fri 24 Apr, 2015 01:36 pm
Hi,
For example, if I was to say, 'he was stopped and arrested by the police', does the coordinator of 'and' create two clauses - 'was stopped' and 'arrested' or is it a verb phrase regardless of the coordinator?
To me it looks like one clause. It's a verb phrase with a coordinator in the middle of it. No?
@zygotic,
Yes.
You could break down the verb phrase and make two clauses out it, "he was stopped by the police," and "he was arrested by the police," but as it reads it's one clause.
@zygotic,
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The whole thing is kinda redundant, eh? Meaningless quibbling aside, if you are "stopped" by the polce, you are also "arrested" by the police. Why say the same damn thing twice, all over again, for the second time, and also repeat yourself too, I ask ya?
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