AS clause
"Having worked with many clients over the years, I have been occasionally surprised to watch "AS" one of them experienced an amazing “aha!” of recognition and had an internal shift after watching a movie."
I am not sure of the AS clause used right after the verb Watch when i think the verb should be followed by an object unless AS is a nominal clause
I have a couple of questions
1. Can AS be used as a noun clause?
2. what is the object of the verb Watch
3. Is the clause "AS" correctly used?
4. I mean is the whole sentence correct?
Thanks
Top answer
” of recognition ] and [ had an internal shift after watching a movie ] ] . It's not a noun clause, not a clause at all. "As" is a preposition and hence the underlined expression is a preposition phrase.
- ” of recognition ] and [ had an internal shift after watching a movie ] ] .
- It's not a noun clause, not a clause at all.
- "As" is a preposition and hence the underlined expression is a preposition phrase.
- The outer brackets surround the clausal complement of "as", whose predicate consists of a coordination of two verb phrases, as marked by the inner brackets.
- The verb "watch" is missing its direct object, but it is retrievable from an antecedent expression, in this case the noun phrase "many clients".
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Having worked with many clients over the years, I have been occasionally surprised to watch as [one of them [experienced an amazing “aha!” of recognition] and [had an internal shift after watching a movie]].
It's not a noun clause, not a clause at all.
"As" is a preposition and hence the underlined expressio
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