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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Clauses

Based on the sentence, " Jim and his friends are going to the park ", it is clear that there are 2 independent clauses right? Because the sentence is split to : a) Jim is going to the park.
b) His friends are going to the park.
But what about a relative clause, where " This is the house 'that Jack built' is actually made up of two independent clauses :
a) This is the house.
b) Jack built the house.
So, isn't it safe to say that the relative clause ' that Jack built ' is actually independent?
I'm sorry if this barely makes sense, I'm just extremely confused.
  

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Anonymous Based on the sentence, " Jim and his friends are going to the park ", it is clear that there are 2 independent clauses right? Because the sentence is split to : a) Jim is going to the park. b) His friends are going to the park.

— Fivejedjon

  • Anonymous Based on the sentence, " Jim and his friends are going to the park ", it is clear that there are 2 independent clauses right?
  • Because the sentence is split to : a) Jim is going to the park.
  • b) His friends are going to the park.
  • I see no point in thinking that there are two independent clauses there.
  • There is one clause with one grammatical subject Jim and his friends.
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AnonymousBased on the sentence, " Jim and his friends are going to the park ", it is clear that there are 2 independent clauses right? Because the sentence is split to : a) Jim is going to the park. b) His friends are going to the park.
I see no point in thinking that there are two independent clauses there. There is one clause with one grammatical subject
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AnonymousAnd why is that?
Because there is only a compound subject, not a compound sentence. The sentence is simple.
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Care to elaborate more on this? Many thanks!
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AnonymousCare to elaborate more on this?
No, no more is needed. Please google 'compound sentence' and 'compound subject'.
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