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Sesquipedalian101 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Clause
I am so sorry for my not having texted you much earlier.
I admit that the above sentence may seem rather stiff or stilted; but I have a question concerning it: I wonder where could I insert the dependent clause "though I had promised that I would" in the sentence. [I am sorry, by the way, is it called a "dependent clause"?].
Are the following grammatical?
1. I am so sorry for my not having texted you, though I had promised that I would, much earlier.
2. I am so sorry for my not having texted you much earlier, though I had promised that I would.
I admit that the above sentence may seem rather stiff or stilted; but I have a question concerning it: I wonder where could I insert the dependent clause "though I had promised that I would" in the sentence. [I am sorry, by the way, is it called a "dependent clause"?].
Are the following grammatical?
1. I am so sorry for my not having texted you, though I had promised that I would, much earlier.
2. I am so sorry for my not having texted you much earlier, though I had promised that I would.
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Selvakumar 1. I am so sorry for my not having texted you, though I had promised that I would, much earlier. 2.
- Selvakumar 1.
- I am so sorry for my not having texted you, though I had promised that I would, much earlier.
- 2.
- I am so sorry for my not having texted you much earlier, though I had promised that I would.
- Both are grammatical.
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Selvakumar1. I am so sorry for my not having texted you, though I had promised that I would, much earlier.Both are grammatical. The second one reads much more naturally.
2. I am so sorry for my not having texted you much earlier, though I had promised that I would.
CJ
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Hi,
The "though I had promised that I would" is a co-ordinate clause, in the sentence, connected to the other clause "I am so sorry for my not having texted you much earlier" by the conjunction "though".
The "though I had promised that I would" is a co-ordinate clause, in the sentence, connected to the other clause "I am so sorry for my not having texted you much earlier" by the conjunction "though".
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