Bloomberg Economics 1
A selloff in China's stocks has caught even the most-seasoned investors off guard, forcing them to retool their approach to fit Beijing’s new economic model https://t.co/ifHabe16Yc
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) November 5, 2023
A selloff in China’s stocks has caught even the most-seasoned investors off guard, forcing them to retool their approach to fit Beijing’s new economic model.
– What is the subject of this sentence?
The subject of this sentence is a selloff in China’s stocks.
– Is the subject singular or plural?
A selloff in China’s stocks is a singular subject.
– What is/are the tense(s) used in this sentence?
A selloff in China’s stocks has caught even the most-seasoned investors off guard, forcing them to retool their approach to fit Beijing’s new economic model.
A selloff in China’s stocks has caught …
Subject + has + past participle
This sentence uses the present perfect tense.
– Is this an active or passive sentence?
A selloff in China’s stocks has caught …
The subject of the sentence is the one doing the action.
This sentence uses active voice.
– Is there a noun, adjective or adverb clause in this sentence?
Look at the verbs in this sentence.
A selloff in China’s stocks has caught even the most-seasoned investors off guard, forcing them to retool their approach to fit Beijing’s new economic model.
= A selloff in China’s stocks has caught even the most-seasoned investors off guard and forced them to retool their approach to fit Beijing’s new economic model.
The second sentence is a compound sentence.
A compound sentence consists of two independent clauses.
(1) A selloff in China’s stocks has caught even the most-seasoned investors off guard
(2) A selloff in China’s stocks has forced them to retool their approach to fit Beijing’s new economic model.
Noun, adjective and adverb clauses are dependent clauses.
There are no dependent clauses in this sentence.