Quotative [to be] + "that"

Tom Kysilko pds at VISI.COM
Tue Mar 22 19:23:58 UTC 2005


The following was posted to another listserve by a recent college grad, female,
with a name that suggests that she may have origins in South Africa.  This may
be a case of an omitted word between "are" and "that" - such as "agreed" - but
maybe not.

>>>> [O]f the doctors who have access to Schiavo [sic] and her full medical
history and are not affiliated with either side (ie court appointed), they all
are that she is in a persistent vegetative state, severely brain damaged (her
cerebral cortex is filled with spinal fluid), and has no hope of recovery. <<<<

--Tom Kysilko



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