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Task

Analyse the following texts for clause complexes:

Text 1

||| α Alexander Popov stole the show at the European swimming championships in Helsinki on Tuesday, // xβ producing a sizzling 100m freestyle time [[ which nobody but he himself has ever matched. ]] ||| 1 The Russian Olympic champion swam a languid heat in the morning // +2 and then burst out with an astonishing semi-final swim of 48.34sec. |||

Task 2

||| Simplex A preacher, a priest and a rabbi were having their usual morning cup of coffee at the local coffee shop. ||| Simplex On this particular morning, they were discussing the point [[ at which life begins. ]] |||

||| "1 "Life begins at conception," // 2 the rabbi said emphatically. |||

||| "1α "No, I believe // 1'β life begins at birth," // 2 countered the priest. |||

||| 1α The preacher sipped his coffee // 1xβ as he pondered the question // +21 and finally said, // 2"2 "You're both wrong. ||| α Life begins // xβ1 when the last child has left home // β+2 and the dog dies!" |||

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