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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
A sentence consisting of an adverbial clause.
For millions of years, mankind's place on Earth was unchallenged - until five young people paved the way for a new kind of human! While students at the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters, Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast and Iceman taught the world what it meant to be X-Men. These are the hidden stories of the team that laid the foundation of a mutant dynasty!
I think "students" is the subject of "taught" in the underlined clause, and that the "while" clause has not main clause relative to it.
So, I'd dearly love to know whether only an adverbial clause can be a sentence.
Thank you in advance for your help.
I think "students" is the subject of "taught" in the underlined clause, and that the "while" clause has not main clause relative to it.
So, I'd dearly love to know whether only an adverbial clause can be a sentence.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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You need to parse it this way. While Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast and Iceman were students at the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters , Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast and Iceman taught the world what it meant to be X-Men. or, better, While they were students at the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters , Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast and Iceman taught the world what it meant to be X-Men.
- You need to parse it this way.
- While Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast and Iceman were students at the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters , Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast and Iceman taught the world what it meant to be X-Men.
- or, better, While they were students at the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters , Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast and Iceman taught the world what it meant to be X-Men.
- Clive
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You need to parse it this way.
While Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast and Iceman were students at the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters, Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast and Iceman taught the world what it meant to be X-Men.
or, better,
While Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast and Iceman were students at the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters, Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast and Iceman taught the world what it meant to be X-Men.
or, better,
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Thank you, Clive, for your very quick answer. 
Because I can't understand the structure of the clause "While students at the Xav
Because I can't understand the structure of the clause "While students at the Xav
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That's not a natural word order, but you could think it as -
While being students at the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters. Cyclops . . .
This gives you the idea of the meaning, although more natural is
While studying
While being students at the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters. Cyclops . . .
This gives you the idea of the meaning, although more natural is
While studying
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