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the structure of "~governments, who she deems have failed Hello, could you analyze of the below sentence structure?  Ms. Casey has been a long-time critic of q1)successive governments, q2)who she deems q3)have failed to focus on integration in an ever-increasingly multicultural Britain.  q1 &q2) "successive governments" are people who are working for the government? As it is my understanding,it seems social policy. if so,who come "who" followed instead of "which" or something else? how come "who" followed after "successive government"? q3) plural noun+HAVE failed. Ms. Casey has been a long-time critic of successive governments, who (she deems)have failed to focus on integration ~ -She thinks that successive governments have failed to focus on integration.. Is it correct?

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1. “Successive governments” means one government (headed by a certain Prime Minister) followed by the next government (headed by the next Prime Minister) followed by the next government (headed by some new Prime Minister). 2. I agree that “which” instead of “who” is the proper relative pronoun to use here, because “government” is a thing not a person (at least, we would use “which” in American English). 3. Yes, “She thinks that successive governments have failed to focus on integration” is a correct interpretation of the sentence.

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