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BMO
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 Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:51 am Post subject: Work in progress. |
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The report is a work in progress.
The report is work in progress.
The first sentence is wrong, right? What is "work in progress?" A noun phrase modifying the subject?
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 2:38 pm Post subject: Re: Work in progress. |
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| BMO wrote: |
The report is a work in progress.
The report is work in progress.
The first sentence is wrong, right? |
No, the first sentence is fine. "a work in progress" is more common usage.
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| What is "work in progress?" A noun phrase modifying the subject? |
Grammatically? Yes, that's it. It is a predicate nominative (a noun following a verb of being) modifying "report". |
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