Questions tagged [clauses]
А clause is a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate.
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What is the subject in the introductory clause "After studying for 1 year. . ."?
Today I wrote:
After studying for 1 year, I got 6.5 in the IELTS exam.
And the first part (before the comma) of the sentence got me thinking: where is the subject?
What I want to know is:
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More...than comparison sentences
I always get confused when constructing sentences that make comparison. I can't decide which of the following would be correct. Could you please help
He really does know more about cars than even ...
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how to distinguish between "of which" and "which"?
A. One can produce fluent speech of which it is difficult to make sound.
B. One can produce fluent speech which is difficult to make sound.
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Does the meaning of a sentence change when we replace "and" with a comma?
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"You had better keep doing this and figuring out other complicated problems."
equal to
"You had better keep doing this, figuring out other complicated problems."
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how to say "something will be known or seen or understood"? [closed]
If we take into account the fact that he came here, then it will transpire that / it will become that / it will emerges that / it will come to know that / it will be realized that / it will turn out ...
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I think these are almost the same meaning. Am I right? - time adverbial clause [closed]
In my first few weeks of the new project, I made a lot of mistakes.
For the first few weeks after I'd started to work on the new project, I made a lot of mistakes.
In the first few weeks, when I was ...
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Are both of these sentence correct? Why or why not? [closed]
These Sentences Are Tips On How To Do A Handstand. Are they both correct?
Tip: Kick too hard, and you'll flip over; kick too softly and you'll barely do a handstand at all.
Tip: Kick too hard, and ...
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Do you feel any difference in meaning between these?
I am wondering if there could be any difference in meaning between these?
A. I can get it from the tap and save you pumping.
B. I can get it from the tap and save you from pumping.
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"In such a people" — meaning?
"It would be well for us to admire what is worthy of admiration in such a people,
rather than to carp about their errors."
what is meant by in such a people? Is it (in such a people) a phrase or a ...
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What is the subject? And where to put comma(s)?
A world in which there are monsters, and ghosts, and things that want to steal your heart is a world in which there are angels, and dreams and a world in which there is hope. ― Neil Gaiman
May you ...
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How to discern this clause, grammatically? Word arrangement?
“Then came upon a world in ruins an anxious youth. The children were drops of burning blood which had inundated the earth; they were born in the bosom of war, for war. For fifteen years they had ...
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Second Clause in a Matrix Clause?
I thought to read on matrix clauses. In
25) [Bill wants [Susan to leave]].
I think in text this seemed like a matrix clause. Matrix clauses get called that in that they contain two clauses? I may ...
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What is the grammatical function of “while the wind beats against the window and the lamp is burning”
"And indeed, what is better than to sit by one’s fireside in the evening with a book, while the wind beats against the window and the lamp is burning?" ― Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
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Do two verbs mean there are two clauses in a sentence?
I'd like to ask whether the direct object in this sentence is a non-finite clause and thus the sentence is not a simple sentence?
Gatsby doesn't want to have any trouble with anybody.
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Can be thought of as [verb]+ing ... What's the grammar and use?
Consider this example:
Subjectivity detection or ranking at the document level can be thought
of as having its roots in studies in genre classification.
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Did I discern these phrases all right?
“Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and as often as he heard this call, mysteriously thrilling and luring, he felt compelled to turn his back upon the fire and the beaten earth around it, and to ...
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"What a good boy I am!" vs. "What a good boy am I!"
What is the difference between "What a good boy I am!" and "What a good boy am I!"?
These two exclamative sentences are different in the matter of Subject-auxiliary inversion.
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Discerning this a clause or a phrase?
now unfolding themselves into limbless monsters of pain.
I guess this may contain a verb, unfolding and a subject, themselves so maybe I may not discern it a phrase. So I guess I may mostly discern ...
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discerning between "his saying that" and "him saying that" [duplicate]
Excerpted from Oxford dictionary:
A. I can just imagine him saying that!
Which one is more formal, or which one have you seen more in formal texts? In addition, do you use them interchangeably?
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Should there be a comma before "until" in the following example
Should there be a comma before until in the following example?
This process resulted in the middle classes being marginalised, until they were as ostracised as the working classes.
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Understanding and using the clause "May it please ..."
I have seen this:
May it please the court, I do not aim to go there.
What would you say is the grammatical function of May it please the court?
Please seems to be a verb here, and it seems to be ...
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"What really am" or "What I really am" - which is more appropriate
Which statement is more appropriate?
Is that what really am?
Is that what I really am?
And instead of "what", can I use "how" and have the same meaning?
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What is an adverbial clause of this sentence?
I am learning English grammar. And I was doing exercises of replacing adverbial phrase with adverbial clause. And I am unable to replace adverbial phrase with adverbial clause in the following ...
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What is the grammatical role of “If Calzaghe were American” and "or, dare I say it"?
If Calzaghe were American, or, dare I say it, English, he would be lauded to the skies.
What would you say is the grammatical function of If Calzaghe were American?
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helping with a relative clause and impersonalization
If reviving traditional music is facilitated, one is seemed to use the results to understand traditional arts as much as possible, since all arts are traced back into cultural and traditions of the ...
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Despite the fact that
My teacher tells me that if I can't change a clause into a noun phrase, I can use the phrase 'despite the fact that' and then write the whole clause, because it's always right. Is it true?
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for as -- what does that mean?
An excerpt from Beginning Java Objects: From Concepts to Code by Jacquie Barker:
As mentioned previously, one of the arguments against declaring public attributes is that the object loses control ...
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What subordinate clauses are there here?
1) Am I right to divide these senteces into clauses like this?
2) What about their types(subject, predicative, object)?
It’s odd (main clause) / how it hurts/ at these times/ not to be part of ...
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Identifying Parts of speech
I'm very confused about this sentence. Can anyone explain it to me in detail?
I don't want to know how you did it.
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"As far as I can remember." Does it need comma if put at the end of a sentence?
I've always been interested in music, as far as I can remember.
I've always been interested in music as far as I can remember.
What's the correct option? Or at least the most common one?
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Difference between "as" or "as is" [closed]
What is the difference between saying:
"as clearly stated in the agreement..."
"as is clearly stated in the agreement.."
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Clauses position: must a clause closely follow the noun it modifies?
For both restrictive clauses and non-restrictive clauses, must they strictly follow the nouns they modify? Is there any exception of injecting adj/adv phrases between nouns and clauses?
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Is it legitimate to simply say "Something lies in that ..." instead of "Something lies in the fact that ..."?
I found it inconvenient to repeatedly use "the fact that", and I even feel that the phrase "the fact" may be redundant.
So can I simply say, for instance, "The reason why we choose you lies in that ...
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Discerning between when and while
Sam took a photograph of me when/ while I was not looking.
It would be appreciated if someone please shine a light in if there is any difference between the two.
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Using a clause whose first word is "that" and using "that" along with "it"?
We can directly use a clause whose first word is "that" as a single entry. For instance,
"That she is pretty does not ensure that she is kind."
While on the other hand, we also say
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Too many independent clauses?
Can I have thoughts on this sentence? I worry that the clauses are too many or that the positioning of 'would' is awkward.
On other other hand, Common Law, which at this point has infiltrated
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If you plant a tree (it grows VS it will grow)
I want to ask about these sentences can both be used or there's a mistake?
If you plant a tree it grows.
If you plant a tree it will grow.
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Is this an accurate parse of "as the weather was nasty he remained at home"?
As the weather was nasty he remained at home.
He - subject
remained - predicate
at home - adverbial modifier of place
as the weather was nasty - adverbial modifier of cause
Are they correct? Or ...
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"Hope this help" or "Hope this helps"?
I often see people write "hope this helps" at the end of a communication, especially when they are trying to answer other people's queries about computer problems.
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A question regarding the structure "question word + to-infinitive"
A question word can be used before a to-infinitive to express an indirect question about what should be done. (cited from here)
Does this sentence mean that "question word + to-infinitive" can only ...
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of which each VS. each of which
If Country exists, if Country is a natural necessity like bread, of which each of us must eat in order not to die of hunger, somebody must go to defend it.
Would you please show me if the bold parts ...
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What should we call the clause after "would rather"?
I’d rather you stayed at home tonight.
What should we call the clause after "would rather"? Are they "object clause"?
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I just can't understand this sentence structure
I felt like I was taking one step forward and two step back because for every sentence I understood, there would be two that I'd get completely mixed up.
Could you re-organize this sentence?
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how to join these clauses together: "No more in your class" and "I will always be your student"
I am a student, but sometimes a bit naughty by asking too many silly questions, and my teachers have to stay with me after classes are over.
On FxxeBook, I found some people say these to their ...
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who is this VS. who this is
I don't know who this is
I don't know who is this
Though I know the first one is more acceptable, especially grammatically, eventually, I want to raise the following question:
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Identifying Subordinate Clauses
hello im having serious trouble identifying the clauses in these sentences.
A healthy diet should be a balanced one with a variety of foods from each of the food groups. Obviously, these should be ...
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Using 'while' for more than 2 clauses
How do you use while for more than 2 clauses?
This works:
Bob is eating cheese, while John is playing the piano.
Does this work?
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Linking two independent clauses
Is there any way to link these two clauses? (I overthought it, so my brain suddenly went blank)
(in these examples: Amy is a child going on a trip, accompanied by two families of friends who are also ...
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How about someone do something?
Can "how about" be used in this way? I heard it in an episode of Grey's Anatomy:
How about we don't talk to her anymore?
Because from what I've learned after "how about" we're ...
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Can "that is" be elided in defining attributive clauses?
With the introduction of computed tomography(CT) followed by other
digital diagnostic imaging modalities in the 1970's,and the increasing
use of computers in clinical applications , the American ...
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