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Hi everybody
I'm a student of English and i'm trying to analyse a newspaper articel for an exam. However i found some passages where not really sure what it means.
so like for example i have this sentence:
Barnes said that burden was being lifted at no cost to taxpayers because of student loan restructuring that lowered the cost of government loan subsidies this year.
The "was being lifted"...I really have no clue what kind of tense it is, does anybody know?
and then i have
He will also allow at least 6 million people with different types of federal student loans a chance to consolidate them into one while reducing their interest rate by a half percent starting in January.
i thought
he= subject
will also allow= verb
at least 6 million people with different types of federal student loans= direct object
a chance to consolidate them into one = indirect object
and then there is a prepositional phrase starting with the preposition "while"
reducing= verb
their interest rate= subject
by a half percent= direct object
starting January= adverbial of time
well actually i have no idea, i don't think it's right...does anyone know the right answer??
thanks
I'm a student of English and i'm trying to analyse a newspaper articel for an exam. However i found some passages where not really sure what it means.
so like for example i have this sentence:
Barnes said that burden was being lifted at no cost to taxpayers because of student loan restructuring that lowered the cost of government loan subsidies this year.
The "was being lifted"...I really have no clue what kind of tense it is, does anybody know?
and then i have
He will also allow at least 6 million people with different types of federal student loans a chance to consolidate them into one while reducing their interest rate by a half percent starting in January.
i thought
he= subject
will also allow= verb
at least 6 million people with different types of federal student loans= direct object
a chance to consolidate them into one = indirect object
and then there is a prepositional phrase starting with the preposition "while"
reducing= verb
their interest rate= subject
by a half percent= direct object
starting January= adverbial of time
well actually i have no idea, i don't think it's right...does anyone know the right answer??
thanks