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Beatgmat Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
About Relative Clause
Hi Teachers,
Follow is a sentance I extract from The Economist:
"On January 19th, after a four-month battle, Roger Carr, chairman of Cadbury, said his board was recommending to shareholders a £11.9 billion ($19.5 billion) takeover bid by Kraft Foods, of Northfield, Illinois."
I leant that we must use relative pro-noun for the non-defining relative clauses.
Shouldn't the bolded part become "..Roger Carr, who is the chairman of Cadbury, said.."?
Thanks!
Follow is a sentance I extract from The Economist:
"On January 19th, after a four-month battle, Roger Carr, chairman of Cadbury, said his board was recommending to shareholders a £11.9 billion ($19.5 billion) takeover bid by Kraft Foods, of Northfield, Illinois."
I leant that we must use relative pro-noun for the non-defining relative clauses.
Shouldn't the bolded part become "..Roger Carr, who is the chairman of Cadbury, said.."?
Thanks!
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" I leant that we must use relative pro-noun for the non-defining relative clauses. "? chairman of Cadbury This is not a relative clause.
- " I leant that we must use relative pro-noun for the non-defining relative clauses.
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- chairman of Cadbury This is not a relative clause.
- It is a phrase used in apposition to 'Roger Carr' .
- It's like saying, "Elizabeth II, Queen of England'.
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Hi,
Follow is a sentance I extract from The Economist:
"On January 19th, after a four-month battle, Roger Carr, chairman of Cadbury, said his board was recommending to shareholders a £11.9 billion ($19.5 billion) takeover bid by Kraft Foods, of Northfield, Illinois."
I leant that we must use relative pro-noun for the non-defining relative clauses.
Follow is a sentance I extract from The Economist:
"On January 19th, after a four-month battle, Roger Carr, chairman of Cadbury, said his board was recommending to shareholders a £11.9 billion ($19.5 billion) takeover bid by Kraft Foods, of Northfield, Illinois."
I leant that we must use relative pro-noun for the non-defining relative clauses.
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Thanks Clive.
May I also ask why do we use relative clause when we can use a phrase which is few words?
May I also ask why do we use relative clause when we can use a phrase which is few words?
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Sometimes the appositive is not only a few words.
I was happy to see Clive, who was the first person to welcome me to English Forums when I first joined 22 years ago, when I had the chance to travel to Toronto.
If I just used the appositive form, you may have gotten a bit lost.
I was happy to see Clive, who was the first person to welcome me to English Forums when I first joined 22 years ago, when I had the chance to travel to Toronto.
If I just used the appositive form, you may have gotten a bit lost.
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Thats ture. Apart from studying the rules, I think I will need to read more articles from now on.
Thanks Barbara!
Thanks Barbara!
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