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Beyazgul Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

clausal and subclausal

0im not sure if the negation in the following examples are clausal or subclausal.02br
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00can someone please help. and explain.02br
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001-i know nothing about it02br
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002-the culprit was certainly nobody we knew02br
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003-nobody could have argued the case more persuasively02br
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004-he rarely sees her these days.02br
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00also im not sure whether the 'not' in the following examples belong syntactically in the superordinate clause or the subordinate one.02br
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00it is not working properly. 02br
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00can someone explain me the diff between the two, then maybe i can do the questions.02br
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00thankyou02br
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00Beyazgul0-
  

Top answer

01. 02br 002. 02br 003.

— Paco2004

  • 01.
  • 02br 002.
  • 02br 003.
  • Nobody could have argued the case more persuasively02br 00(clausal neg)02br 004.
  • 02br 005.
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01. I know nothing about it.02br
00(sub-clausal neg) I know something about other things, though.02br
002. The culprit was certainly nobody we knew.02br
00(sub-clausal neg) The culprit may be a person people except us know.02br
003. Nobody could have argued the case more persuasively02br
00(clausal neg)02br
004. He rarely se
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