among them the recapitalization of the banking sector

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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“Spain has, as we found out last night, the express support of the G20 for the programs the Spanish government is pursuing, among them the recapitalization of the banking sector,” he said.
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I think it should be “among them is the recapitalization of the banking sector”.
What do you think?
Thanks.

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The original is correct and more fluent than your suggestion.

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Thanks, do you mean that my version is completely wrong?
I think that “them = the recapitalization of the banking sector”. Can I omit “them” here?

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***** NOT A TEACHER *****

Hello, Screen:

Your questions always force me to think so hard!

I am not (repeat: NOT) disagreeing with Beeesneees’s excellent answer.

I think (repeat: think) that this is an example of a so-called absolute construction. If (IF) I am correct, the word that you are looking for is “being,” not “is.”

Let’s see:

“Spain has the support of the G20 for the programs (that) the Spanish government is pursuing, among them being the recapitalization of the banking sector.”

That is an example of inversion – very elegant, indeed.

Now let’s see if we do not use inversion:

“Spain has the express support of the G20 for the programs (that) the Spanish government is pursing, the recapitalization of the banking sector being among them.”

James

P.S. As your original sentence shows, the “being” can be omitted:

“Dinner (being) over, we all returned to the living room.”