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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
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Sir,
1. I saw my old shirt, hanging on a nail, was crying.
"hanging on a nail" is realtive clause or someting else.
It is poosible to write it as
2.I saw my old shirt that was hanging on a nail was crying.
is (2) is correct?
Thanks.
1. I saw my old shirt, hanging on a nail, was crying.
"hanging on a nail" is realtive clause or someting else.
It is poosible to write it as
2.I saw my old shirt that was hanging on a nail was crying.
is (2) is correct?
Thanks.
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' This is a nonrestrictive clause modifying 'shirt'. )
- ' This is a nonrestrictive clause modifying 'shirt'.
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If we expand your original sentence to 'I saw that my old shirt, hanging on a nail, was crying,' then we can analyze it more clearly:
'Hanging on a nail' is a nonfinite clause, and can be represented by 'I saw that my old shirt, which was hanging on a nail, was crying.' This is a nonrestrictive clause modifying 'shirt'. (Your 'that'-clause is a restrictive one.)
'Hanging on a nail' is a nonfinite clause, and can be represented by 'I saw that my old shirt, which was hanging on a nail, was crying.' This is a nonrestrictive clause modifying 'shirt'. (Your 'that'-clause is a restrictive one.)
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Hi,
What does it mean to say that your shirt is crying?
Or are you deliberately trying to make a sentence that is correct grammatically but has no sensible meaning?
Best wishes,
Clive (whose sweater is puzzled by this)
What does it mean to say that your shirt is crying?
Or are you deliberately trying to make a sentence that is correct grammatically but has no sensible meaning?
Best wishes,
Clive (whose sweater is puzzled by this)
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