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Bashyboy Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Clauses
Hello,
The sentence whose grammar I am trying to analyze is
"When Marner's sensibility returned, he continued the action which had been arrested, and closed his door, unaware of the chasm in his consciousness, unaware of any intermediate change, except that the light had grown dim, and that he was chilled and faint. "
This sentence comes from the book Silas Marner.
As one may notice, this sentence contains many clauses, both dependent and independent. I would like to know, is the first part of the sentence, the part pertaining to Marner's sensibility, a dependent clause? It would seem so, as it contains a subject and verb, but can not stand on its own as a complete sentence. If this so, I would then like to know if a dependent clause can contain a phrase?
The sentence whose grammar I am trying to analyze is
"When Marner's sensibility returned, he continued the action which had been arrested, and closed his door, unaware of the chasm in his consciousness, unaware of any intermediate change, except that the light had grown dim, and that he was chilled and faint. "
This sentence comes from the book Silas Marner.
As one may notice, this sentence contains many clauses, both dependent and independent. I would like to know, is the first part of the sentence, the part pertaining to Marner's sensibility, a dependent clause? It would seem so, as it contains a subject and verb, but can not stand on its own as a complete sentence. If this so, I would then like to know if a dependent clause can contain a phrase?
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Bashyboy If this so, I would then like to know if a dependent clause can contain a phrase? Every clause contains at least one phrase. The first (subordinate) clause in your sentence has the noun phrase Marner’s sensibility and the verb phrase returned.
- Bashyboy If this so, I would then like to know if a dependent clause can contain a phrase?
- Every clause contains at least one phrase.
- The first (subordinate) clause in your sentence has the noun phrase Marner’s sensibility and the verb phrase returned.
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BashyboyIf this so, I would then like to know if a dependent clause can contain a phrase?Every clause contains at least one phrase. The first (subordinate) clause in your sentence has the noun phrase Marner’s sensibility and the verb phrase returned.
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