0
Thebest Posted 21 years ago
Linguistics Studies
Clause
I cannot find out the main clause and subordinate clauses of the following sentences.
1) She’s gone back to work at CIA headquarters after her leave of absence, has been photographed by Vanity Fair, and has stood beside her flamboyant husband as he accepted accolades from liberal groups.
2) This has always been a tale in which what is not known is as important as what is and so the spotlight shifts once more to Fitzgerald and what he has learned about the motives behind the outing of Valerie.
Please help.
1) She’s gone back to work at CIA headquarters after her leave of absence, has been photographed by Vanity Fair, and has stood beside her flamboyant husband as he accepted accolades from liberal groups.
2) This has always been a tale in which what is not known is as important as what is and so the spotlight shifts once more to Fitzgerald and what he has learned about the motives behind the outing of Valerie.
Please help.
Top answer
1) has three main clauses: -She's gone back to work at CIA headquarters after her leave of absence -[She] has been photographed by Vanity Fair -[She] has stood beside her flamboyant husband as he accepted accolades from liberal groups. In the last one, he accepted accolades from liberal groups is a subordinate clause linked to the main clause by the subordinating conjunction as . 2) has two main clauses: -This has always been a tale in which what is not known is as important as what is -the spotlight shifts once more to Fitzgerald and what he has learned about the motives behind the outing of Valerie.
- 1) has three main clauses: -She's gone back to work at CIA headquarters after her leave of absence -[She] has been photographed by Vanity Fair -[She] has stood beside her flamboyant husband as he accepted accolades from liberal groups.
- In the last one, he accepted accolades from liberal groups is a subordinate clause linked to the main clause by the subordinating conjunction as .
- 2) has two main clauses: -This has always been a tale in which what is not known is as important as what is -the spotlight shifts once more to Fitzgerald and what he has learned about the motives behind the outing of Valerie.
- In the first, what is not known is as important as what is is a subordinate adjective clause which modifies which .
- In the second, what he has learned about the motives behind the outing of Valerie is a subordinate noun clause that is the second object of the preposition to .
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
4 Answers
0
1) has three main clauses:
-She's gone back to work at CIA headquarters after her leave of absence
-[She] has been photographed by Vanity Fair
-[She] has stood beside her flamboyant husband as he accepted accolades from liberal groups.
In the last one, he accepted accolades from liberal groups is a subordinate clause linked to the main cla
-She's gone back to work at CIA headquarters after her leave of absence
-[She] has been photographed by Vanity Fair
-[She] has stood beside her flamboyant husband as he accepted accolades from liberal groups.
In the last one, he accepted accolades from liberal groups is a subordinate clause linked to the main cla
00
You say:
1) has three main clauses:
-She's gone back to work at CIA headquarters after her leave of absence
-[She] has been photographed by Vanity Fair
-[She] has stood beside her flamboyant husband as he accepted accolades from liberal groups.
My comment:
Isn't that just one clause hidden under passive and perfect auxiliaries? By your judgement, a se
1) has three main clauses:
-She's gone back to work at CIA headquarters after her leave of absence
-[She] has been photographed by Vanity Fair
-[She] has stood beside her flamboyant husband as he accepted accolades from liberal groups.
My comment:
Isn't that just one clause hidden under passive and perfect auxiliaries? By your judgement, a se
00
You're right. It's the same subject, she, applied to three verbs. I goofed.
Do you agree with my analysis of the subordinate clauses?
Do you agree with my analysis of the subordinate clauses?
00
With respect to the second sentence, I believe your analysis is incomplete. I find one relative (adj) and three noun clauses. Lemme show you my analysis:-
The relative clause: "in which [what is not known = clause subject] is as important"
Noun clause one: " what is not known"
Noun clause two: "what is [known is important]
Noun clause three: "what he has lear
The relative clause: "in which [what is not known = clause subject] is as important"
Noun clause one: " what is not known"
Noun clause two: "what is [known is important]
Noun clause three: "what he has lear
0
Related Questions