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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

embedded clauses

hi everyone,
could you please give me an example of an embedded clause/sentence and the meaning? please help!!!
  

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Anonymous hi everyone, could you please give me an example of an embedded clause/sentence and the meaning? please help!!! Embedding is an inclusion of one linguistic unit into another.

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  • Anonymous hi everyone, could you please give me an example of an embedded clause/sentence and the meaning?
  • please help!!!
  • Embedding is an inclusion of one linguistic unit into another.
  • The news that he perished at sea was met with disbelief.
  • In other words, the clause that he perished at sea is embedded (included) into the noun phrase The news .
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Anonymous hi everyone, could you please give me an example of an embedded clause/sentence and the meaning? please help!!!
Embedding is an inclusion of one linguistic unit into another.

The news that he perished at sea was met with disbelief.

In other words, the clause that he perished at sea is embedded (included) into the noun
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Anonymousembedded clause/sentence
embedded basically means 'placed inside'. You place a shorter sentence inside a longer sentence. Of course, you may have to change the shorter sentence a little to make it grammatical when it's embedded.

Where is the post office? can be embedded (modified slightly) in a longer sentence: I don't kno
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