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pdh0224
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A long subject

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Dear teacher,

"There has been over the last several decades a whole slew of efforts to level the playing field for college admissions,"

Let me show you my analysis about the sentence.

S : a whole slew of efforts to level the playing

field for college admissions = There

V : has been

adverb phrase : over the last several decades



Am I right?



All the best, :)
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Robyn

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Post by Robyn »

pdh0224 wrote:Dear teacher,

"There has been over the last several decades a whole slew of efforts to level the playing field for college admissions,"

Let me show you my analysis about the sentence.

S : a whole slew of efforts to level the playing field for college admissions = There
V : has been
Adverb phrase : over the last several decades

Am I right?

All the best, :)
Subject: There
Verb: has been
Adverb: over the last several decades
Object: a whole slew of efforts to level the playing field for college admissions

Compare there ~ a whole slew of efforts to level...

Over the last several decades, a whole slew of efforts to level the playing field for college admissions has been :w:
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