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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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appositive sentence or relative clause?
The case is rare _____ (that/where) a man can be cured of such a terrible disease.
I think it's a appositive sentence. the case = a man can be cured of such a terrible disease. but the answer says it's a relative clause, so where should be used.
I'm now deeply confused. Hope someone may help me.
THX.
I think it's a appositive sentence. the case = a man can be cured of such a terrible disease. but the answer says it's a relative clause, so where should be used.
I'm now deeply confused. Hope someone may help me.
THX.
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Relative clauses are finite clauses which modify nouns and are introduced by that, which, who, whom or whose . Appositives are not introduced by conjunctions: they are noun phrases 'modifying' (or better, 're-naming') a noun.
- Relative clauses are finite clauses which modify nouns and are introduced by that, which, who, whom or whose .
- Appositives are not introduced by conjunctions: they are noun phrases 'modifying' (or better, 're-naming') a noun.
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Relative clauses are finite clauses which modify nouns and are introduced by that, which, who, whom or whose.
Appositives are not introduced by conjunctions: they are noun phrases 'modifying' (or better, 're-naming') a noun.
Appositives are not introduced by conjunctions: they are noun phrases 'modifying' (or better, 're-naming') a noun.
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The case is rare ____(where/that) a man can be cured of such a terrible disease.
i think it's an appositive sentence, in which "the case" = a man can be cured of such a terrible disease. But the answer says it's a relative clause, so where should be used. I'm deeply confused. Hope someone may help me.
i think it's an appositive sentence, in which "the case" = a man can be cured of such a terrible disease. But the answer says it's a relative clause, so where should be used. I'm deeply confused. Hope someone may help me.
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