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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
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As was mentioned <==?

The distinction between indepenent clauses and subordinate (or dependent) clauses is fundamental to an unerstanding of English clause structure. As was mentioned earlier,a clause must have a subject and a verb, and this goes for independent and subordinate clauses alike.

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As was mentioned earlier <= what kind of omission is this? how do you understand this?
  

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Hi, The distinction between indepenent clauses and subordinate (or dependent) clauses is fundamental to an unerstanding of English clause structure. As was mentioned earlier ,a clause must have a subject and a verb, and this goes for independent and subordinate clauses alike. Question) As was mentioned earlier <= what kind of omission is this?

  • Hi, The distinction between indepenent clauses and subordinate (or dependent) clauses is fundamental to an unerstanding of English clause structure.
  • As was mentioned earlier ,a clause must have a subject and a verb, and this goes for independent and subordinate clauses alike.
  • Question) As was mentioned earlier <= what kind of omission is this?
  • how do you understand this?
  • As it was mentioned earlier In the way that it was mentioned earlier.
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Hi,
The distinction between indepenent clauses and subordinate (or dependent) clauses is fundamental to an unerstanding of English clause structure. As was mentioned earlier,a clause must have a subject and a verb, and this goes for independent and subordinate clauses alike.

Question)

As was mentioned earlier <= what k
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Hi, Clive.

Thank you very much for your answer.

I have one more question.

Is 'as mentioned' also OK instead of 'as was mentioned'? just like we omit a relative clause and a be-verb? (e.g He is a doctor who was born in 1980=> He is a doctor born in 1980)
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Hi,
I have one more question.

Is 'as mentioned' also OK Yes instead of 'as was mentioned'? just like we omit a relative clause and a be-verb? (e.g He is a doctor who was born in 1980=> He is a doctor born in 1980)

Clive

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