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Quote from a harvard open course "Milton Friedman, the libertarian economist, he points out that many of the functions that we take for granted as properly belonging to government don't."
I know the meaning of the sentence, but it seems like there's something missing here. Is it grammatically right?
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They don't belong to the government.

There is an extra "he" in there.
 
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masterding, there's only one r in 'grammatically'.
 

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They don't belong to the government.

They don't properly belong to the government- as this is a libertarian, he might think that functions that do belong to the government, and which many think are rightfully the government's, should not belong to it.
 

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They don't belong to the government.

There is an extra "he" in there.

I'm sorry , I don't understand where the exrtra "he" is?
Actually I understand the meaning of the sentence, just the way that "they don't belong to government." is shortened to "don't " seems a little abstruse.
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"Milton Friedman, the libertarian economist, he points out that many of the functions...

I am not a teacher.

The extra 'he' is here.
 

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points out that many of the functions that we take for granted as properly belonging to government [this is the noun phrase] do not properly belong to the goverment."

Many of the people you think are sweet natured aren't.
Many of the poeple that you think of as being sweet natured are not actually sweet natured.

The dog you think is his isn't.
The dog that you think is his actually is not really his.
The dog that you think belongs to him does not belong to him.
 

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Actually I understand the meaning of the sentence, just the way that "they don't belong to government." is shortened to "don't " seems a little abstruse.

Try saying it aloud- it could work well in a lecture.
 

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They don't properly belong to the government- as this is a libertarian, he might think that functions that do belong to the government, and which many think are rightfully the government's, should not belong to it.

The libertarian would say (and is saying) that many of the things gov't is presently doing are not rightfully the scope of a proper gov't.
 

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Thanks-, I have corrected it.

***NOT A TEACHER***
- Do not put a space before a comma, full stop, question mark or exclamation mark.
- Always put a space after a comma, full stop, question mark or exclamation mark.
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masterding, there is no need to write a new post to say Thank you. Simply click the Thank button on any posts you find helpful. It means that we don't have to open the thread again to read your new post and then find that it doesn't include any new information or an additional question. It saves everybody's time.
 
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