English sentence analysis!HELP

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2014-11-06 3:38 am

I want to analyse the following sentence. Is it possible to have two main clauses? How many phrases and clauses are there?

Korea has done more to reform its profligate ways but the government still props up sick companies with state funds, discouraging the kind of restructuring that would create more competitiveness business.

My answer:
(Korea)=S
(has done more to reform)=V
(its profligate ways)=O
(but the government still props up sick companies with state funds, discouraging the kind of restructuring)=?
(that would create more competitiveness business.)=?

1. Is (its profligate ways) a noun phrase or not?
(that would create more competitiveness business.) <-Is it relative that-clause here? 2. I think "that" can be replaced by "which"! Or is it a nominal that-clause?
3. (but the government still props up sick companies with state funds, discouraging the kind of restructuring) <-What kind of clause is it? what is the function? a finite-clause?

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回答 (1)

Dustin

2014-11-06 6:10 pm

✔ 最佳答案

Korea has done more to reform its profligate ways but the government still props up sick companies with state funds, discouraging the kind of restructuring that would create more competitiveness business.

There are three types of sentence:
1. simple sentence
2. compound
3. complex

Your sentence is a compound, i.e. two (or more) clauses combined into a single sentence with a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, so, etc.).

Clause #1:
S: Korea
V: has done (intransitive ~ talk about the success or progress of something)
adverb: more
adverbial: to reform its profligate ways (infinitive phrase ~ of purpose)

Conjunction: but

Clause #2:
S: the government
V: props up (phrasal verb)
O: sick companies
adverbial: with state funds (prepositional phrase ~ of manner)
participle phrase: discouraging the kind of restructuring that would create more competitiveness business (modifier of main clause or subject of clause#2)

~ "its profligate ways" is a noun phrase, object of the verb "reform".
~ "that would create more competitiveness business" is a relative that-clause.
~ Yes, "that" can be replaced by "which".

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