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The Mistreated Dependent Clause

The Mistreated Dependent Clause

Erasure by Percival Everett

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Nina Schuyler
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What went unsaid, but clearly implied, was that they had a right but not a reason to be proud of me.

Erasure by Percival Everett

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they had a right but not a reason to be proud of me

The dependent clause …

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