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[cshen02]

Hey,
just found an interesting sentence and wonder what the function of the words in pink, i suppose, is.

In his breast-pocket he had a patch of scarlet, which i suppose was the paper cap serving as a handkerchief.

an very similar structure: that global warming, a phenomenon that most people agree is caused by human beings’ burning of fossil fuels

do the two chunks of pink words function the same?

:)

[RonPurewal]

Yes. Exactly the same.

I have no idea how one would analyze this type of thing grammatically. That's irrelevant here, though"”your ability to make this analogy shows that you already understand everything you have to understand about the construction.