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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Probably quite stupid questions, but the first one is: are relative clauses a subset of subordinate clauses? The example given in my dictionary is "I need people I like", where "I like" is the subordinate clause. However, surely by adding "who" before "I like" it is a relative clause too? And if the two are different, why?
The second question is whether there is a term for when a word is used twice in a sentence, albeit either morphologically different or slightly different semantically? I was think of something like "structuralism" and "structures", where the use of structures applies both theoretically in one instance, and more tangibly in a second. I can't remember the example I had in my mind, but it's just the repeated use of the same basic word, but in different ways (there was probably a better example to use for this, sorry!).
The second question is whether there is a term for when a word is used twice in a sentence, albeit either morphologically different or slightly different semantically? I was think of something like "structuralism" and "structures", where the use of structures applies both theoretically in one instance, and more tangibly in a second. I can't remember the example I had in my mind, but it's just the repeated use of the same basic word, but in different ways (there was probably a better example to use for this, sorry!).
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Good questions, not stupid. Yes, a relative clause is a kind of subordinate clause which is attached to a noun inside a noun phrase. A subordinate clause is of course just a clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence.
- Good questions, not stupid.
- Yes, a relative clause is a kind of subordinate clause which is attached to a noun inside a noun phrase.
- A subordinate clause is of course just a clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence.
- Some kinds of subordinate clauses: Relative clause: The runner who dropped the baton lost the race for us.
- Adverbial clause: We left before they arrived.
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Good questions, not stupid.
Yes, a relative clause is a kind of subordinate clause which is attached to a noun inside a noun phrase. A subordinate clause is of course just a clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence. Some kinds of subordinate clauses:
Relative clause: The runner who dropped the baton lost the race for us.
Adverbial clause: We left before
Yes, a relative clause is a kind of subordinate clause which is attached to a noun inside a noun phrase. A subordinate clause is of course just a clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence. Some kinds of subordinate clauses:
Relative clause: The runner who dropped the baton lost the race for us.
Adverbial clause: We left before
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