
25-Sep-2005, 09:14
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Re: Which word is the subject of the clause? Active Mathematicians call X aperiodic tiles. => Structurally, if 'X' is the object, then 'aperiodic tiles' is its object complement. Test: X = aperiodic tiles Passive X are called aperiodic tiles by mathematicians. => Structurally, if 'X' is the subject, then 'aperiodic tiles' is its subject complement. => Semantics: if 'X' is the semantic object, then 'aperiodic tiles' is its object complement. |