Questions tagged [embedded-clauses]
Sentences or phrases that are a part of another sentence, i.e. that have a function in that sentence where one clause is seen as subordinate to the other. An embedded clause is often used in a sentence to create a level of sophistication and detail.
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What kinds of subordinate clauses can I use here? "She doesn't like (it) (if/when/that) I tell other people"
She doesn't like it if I tell other people about it.
This is a sentence I am writing. This version above sounds the best to my ear.
She doesn't like if I tell other people about it.
Without the &...
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Embedded questions with verb "to be"
I have a question about using embedded questions with verb to be questions, for example: “Who is the best?” or “What are the consequences?”
I don't know if those are considered subject questions, so I ...
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Embedded question
I was listening to a podcast and I hear a part where I think they should've used an embedded question structure, but I'm not sure because I've been struggling with that grammar.
The statement is:
“Let'...
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Can We Use Conditionals Inside Embedded Questions Inside Participle Phrases?
This question sounds more complex than it is, so I'll provide the piece of writing that made me curious:
These realities differ from the core MCU in both minor and substantial ways, showing what ...
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Embedded questions with "tell me"
I heard in a song this phrase, “Tell me how did you get so cold” and I think that's an embedded question, isn’t it?
But it should be written like this: “Tell me how you got so cold.” or am I wrong?
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Why isn't "are" placed at the end of the question in "Have you ever wondered who the people ARE you see every day...?"
I've been reading an advanced level English book where I came across this sentence in an introduction to one of its articles:
Have you ever wondered who the people are you see every day on the way to ...
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Can the first “is” be omitted in the following sentence from Cosmos? “The only planet we are sure is inhabited is a tiny rock...”
Can the sentence be rewritten as “The only planet we are sure of being inhabited is a tiny rock...”?
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Embedded questions grammar
There are some sentences from https://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/410-embedded-questions2.htm
I believe just the first sentence is correct, but the source says the third one ...
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Is "I don't know what am I supposed to say" correct?
Is the following sentence correct?
I don't know what am I supposed to say.
I feel like it's false according to embedded question grammar, but my friend keeps telling me that its correct
what do ...
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whether or not I need to change words used only in question such as ''any'' for embeded question
I said, ''Are there any biscuits? "
If I change this sentence into reported speech,
I asked if there are any/some biscuits.
I wanted to know whether or not I need to change words used only in ...
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Center embedding in modern English
I was reading about "Center embedding" in Wikipedia and am now interested whether this process of embedding a phrase in the middle of another phrase of the same type is used in modern English?
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