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English 1b3 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Clause analysis--Grammar
But complain as people did about the ad, none of the complaints were upheld.
Please name how this clause functions in this sentence?
Is it grammatical in a formal sense or perhaps just in a colloquial sense?
Cheers
Please name how this clause functions in this sentence?
Is it grammatical in a formal sense or perhaps just in a colloquial sense?
Cheers
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It seems adverbial to me. It is in fact a rather formal structure, nowadays at least, But complain as people did = Although people complained Cf: Try as I might, I couldn't open the chest, etc.
- It seems adverbial to me.
- It is in fact a rather formal structure, nowadays at least, But complain as people did = Although people complained Cf: Try as I might, I couldn't open the chest, etc.
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It seems adverbial to me. It is in fact a rather formal structure, nowadays at least,
But complain as people did = Although people complained
Cf: Try as I might, I couldn't open the chest, etc.
But complain as people did = Although people complained
Cf: Try as I might, I couldn't open the chest, etc.
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Cf: Try as I might, I couldn't open the chest, etc.
It seems this one is harder to expand reword as a adverbial clause, due to the existence of might:
Although I might tried, I couldn't...
Interesting to learn it is formal.
It seems this one is harder to expand reword as a adverbial clause, due to the existence of might:
Although I
Interesting to learn it is formal.
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