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Clause
Is the clause, "crossing the stream" a relative clause in the sentence,"Crossing the stream, we got our feet wet."?
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htm "]Clauses: the Essential Building-Blocks[/url], I believe the answer is no. Quoting from the referenced web page. Relative clauses are dependent clauses introduced by a Relative Pronoun ( that, which, whichever, who, whoever, whom, whomever, whose, and of which ).
- htm "]Clauses: the Essential Building-Blocks[/url], I believe the answer is no.
- Quoting from the referenced web page.
- Relative clauses are dependent clauses introduced by a Relative Pronoun ( that, which, whichever, who, whoever, whom, whomever, whose, and of which ).
- "Crossing the stream" is a participial phrase.
- htm#participle "]The Garden of Phrases[/url] for some examples of participial phrases.
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Guest,
After consulting [url="http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/clauses.htm"]Clauses: the Essential Building-Blocks[/url], I believe the answer is no.
Quoting from the referenced web page.
After consulting [url="http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/clauses.htm"]Clauses: the Essential Building-Blocks[/url], I believe the answer is no.
Quoting from the referenced web page.
Relative clauses are dependent clauses introduce
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