This paper holds that in passiveness of a verbal small clause, syntactic features are connected with topic positions and nature in the root sentence.

本文认为英语动词性小句的句法特征与句子主题的位置和性质有关。

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Ba Jin, a renowned Chinese writer had said a sentence that is still fresh in my mind now: Poverty is the root of all evils.

著名作家巴金曾经说过一句话, 让我至今仍然记忆犹新: 贫穷是万恶之源.

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Or is the root of this release in the injustice of a small time robbery and a large time sentence?

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