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Sesquipedalian101 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Clause in a Sentence
"Yesterday afternoon, I had left my pair of Nike suede shoes, as I always do, outside my house."
I have three questions concerning the above sentence:
1. What is the technical term for the expression --- "as I always do"? (Is it called a phrase or clause?)
2. Has that expression, i.e., "as I always do", been put in the right place in the sentence?
3. Would it make any difference to the meaning if it is anywhere else like in the following cases?
a. "Yesterday afternoon, I had, as I always do, left my pair of Nike suede shoes outside my house."
b. "Yesterday afternoon, I had left, as I always do, my pair of Nike suede shoes outside my house."
Thank you for your help.
I have three questions concerning the above sentence:
1. What is the technical term for the expression --- "as I always do"? (Is it called a phrase or clause?)
2. Has that expression, i.e., "as I always do", been put in the right place in the sentence?
3. Would it make any difference to the meaning if it is anywhere else like in the following cases?
a. "Yesterday afternoon, I had, as I always do, left my pair of Nike suede shoes outside my house."
b. "Yesterday afternoon, I had left, as I always do, my pair of Nike suede shoes outside my house."
Thank you for your help.
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" I have three questions concerning the above sentence: 1. What is the technical term for the expression --- " as I always do "? ) It's a clause.
- " I have three questions concerning the above sentence: 1.
- What is the technical term for the expression --- " as I always do "?
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- , " as I always do ", been put in the right place in the sentence?
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Hi,
"Yesterday afternoon, I had left my pair of Nike suede shoes, as I always do, outside my house."
I have three questions concerning the above sentence:
1. What is the technical term for the expression --- "as I always do"? (Is it called a phrase or clause?)
"Yesterday afternoon, I had left my pair of Nike suede shoes, as I always do, outside my house."
I have three questions concerning the above sentence:
1. What is the technical term for the expression --- "as I always do"? (Is it called a phrase or clause?)
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Thanks, Clive, for your help.
Hmmm.... actually, to tell you the truth, Clive, I used the past perfect because it sounded right to me. But after pondering what you said, I now think, a simple past should have done the job.
Am I, therefore, right to say that the past perfect would, however, have been right if the statement had been made (at a time) before the past?
Hmmm.... actually, to tell you the truth, Clive, I used the past perfect because it sounded right to me. But after pondering what you said, I now think, a simple past should have done the job.
Am I, therefore, right to say that the past perfect would, however, have been right if the statement had been made (at a time) before the past?
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Hi,
Yes, use Past Perfect if you want to show that the action was before some other past action or time in the past.
Clive
Yes, use Past Perfect if you want to show that the action was before some other past action or time in the past.
Clive
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