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Vishnu26 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Adverb clauses
How do i turn adverb clauses into phrases and vice versa? what are the rules for converting?
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vishnu26 How do i turn adverb clauses into phrases and vice versa? what are the rules for converting? Can you give an example of what you are talking about?
- vishnu26 How do i turn adverb clauses into phrases and vice versa?
- what are the rules for converting?
- Can you give an example of what you are talking about?
- Relative clauses (which post-modify nouns) can be converted from finite-verb clauses to non-finite verb clauses by omitting the relative pronoun and helping verb, but there are no such conversion rules for adverb clauses.
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vishnu26 How do i turn adverb clauses into phrases and vice versa? what are the rules for converting?Can you give an example of what you are talking about?
Relative clauses (which post-modify nouns) can be converted from finite-verb clauses to non-finite verb clauses by omitting the relative pronoun and helping verb, but there are no such conv
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Example:
convert these into adverb clauses.
on his return we asked him many question
he ran with all his might
example 2: convert these into adverb phrases
when the sun set he returned home
he lived carefully so that he might live long.
convert these into adverb clauses.
on his return we asked him many question
he ran with all his might
example 2: convert these into adverb phrases
when the sun set he returned home
he lived carefully so that he might live long.
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vishnu26on his return we asked him many questionOK, you have to take a prepositional phrase and find a subject and verb that keeps the same meaning. The tense will usually be the same as the main verb. The preposition will be removed and a subordinating conjunction added.
It will be different for every sentence.
On his return we as
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