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LilyPhilly Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Clauses

What are the clauses in this sentences:
"We were told we could leave as soon as the exam was over and the books had been collected"
  

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You can usually do this fairly easily if you find the verbs in the sentence. [We were told ] [we could leave] [as soon as [the exam was over] and [the books had been collected]] CJ

— CalifJim

  • You can usually do this fairly easily if you find the verbs in the sentence.
  • [We were told ] [we could leave] [as soon as [the exam was over] and [the books had been collected]] CJ
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You can usually do this fairly easily if you find the verbs in the sentence.

[We were told] [we could leave] [as soon as [the exam was over] and [the books had been collected]]

CJ
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Thank you so much! Would this be correct?

We were told - Main Clause
we could leave - Noun Clause object of were told
as soon as the exam was over - Adverbial clause of time
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the booklets had been collected - Coordinate main clause??
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as soon as the exam was over - Adverbial clause of time
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the booklets had been collected - Coordinate main clause??<< Both of these clauses go with "as soon as", so it is the coordination of two adverbial clauses of time.

Otherwise, your analysis is reasonable.

CJ
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