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Old 18-Feb-2008, 00:09
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Default Re: How to parse a sentence in the passive voice?
‘By the group’ is a prepositional phrase with the substantive ‘group’ functioning as the object of the preposition 'by' and direct object of the sentence. It may also be considered as an adverbial modifier of the verb phrase ‘has been purchased’.
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