I'll venture a guess: a prepositional phrase, with "hence" serving as the
preposition, "attempt" as the object, and "to focus on mainstream
institutions" as an adjectival infinitive phrase modifying "attempt." But
how does the prepositional phrase (if that's what it is) function? Is it
adverbial, modifying the verb "has" in the main clause? 

 

I'm going to print out our discussion and share it with my advanced grammar
class-all English majors, some of whom have already discovered the joy of
such discussions-the next generation of ATEGers. 

 

Nancy 

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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Crow
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:09 AM
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Subject: What Is This?

 

In a very well-supported response to Nancy's inquiry about Master's Degree,
Bill wrote the following sentence:

Part of the dynamic has to do with who is using which version, hence my
attempt to focus on
"mainstream" institutions (emphasis added).

I find the sentence perfectly well formed, but I cannot figure out what the
underlined part is.  Any ideas? 

John
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