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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Change subordinate clauses to phrases

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001- Since Jone opened his super market , he has been working 15 hours day.02br
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002- When he was asked to tell the story , he cleared his throat nervously.02br
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003- Because they had had no map, they got lost.02br
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004- Because i did not want to interrupt the speaker, i adjourned my question to the break. 02br
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005- He did not go out on Friday because i advised him not to.0-
  

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0All you need to do is rearrange the sentence so that it doesn't begin with a subordinate conjunction ie Since, when, because etc, ie02br
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00Jone has been working 15 hours a day since he opened his supermarket.0-
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0 Changing the order of the clauses is no solution. I think what you want - or your teacher wants - is clause equivalents:02br
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001. After opening / (After) having opened his supermarket, Jone has been working 15 hours a day.02br
002. (When) asked to tell the story, he cleared his throat nervously.02br
003. Having (had) no map, they got lost.
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0 Cool Breeze:02br
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00 Is your "clause equivalent" another name for "absolute construction?" 02br
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05. I advised him not to go out on Friday, and he didn't.02br
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10Cool Breeze:12br
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10 Is your "clause equivalent" another name for "absolute construction?" 12br
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10Hi Marius02br
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00It seems to be! I hope you don't mind my sticking to a term I am familiar
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01cite10Cool Breeze12cite10It seems to be! I hope you don't mind my sticking to a term I am familiar with.15010 I wasn't quite sure what the original poster wanted because he used the term 'phrases'.12br
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10I don't mind it at all, but could you indicate some references (books
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10I don't mind it at all, but could you indicate some references (books or sites) which are using it? Just curious. There's so much terminology out there in grammar. 12br
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10Hi Marius02br
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00I first heard or saw the term more than 40 years ago, so
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anonymousChange subordinate clauses in to phrases
1- Since Jone opened his super market , he has been working 15 hours day.
2- When he was asked to tell the story , he cleared his throat nervously.
3- Because they had had no map, they got lost.
4- Because i did not want to interrupt the speaker, i adjourned my question to the break.
5- He did not go
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