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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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function of bracketed clauses

function of bracketed clauses?

one way [to find out] is [to investigate [whether non-human animals can learn something like human language]]
  

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I cannot tell you the purpose unless you provide more of the context in which they appear. I can tell you that the doubled bracket at the end is wrong.

— Mister Micawber

  • I cannot tell you the purpose unless you provide more of the context in which they appear.
  • I can tell you that the doubled bracket at the end is wrong.
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I cannot tell you the purpose unless you provide more of the context in which they appear. I can tell you that the doubled bracket at the end is wrong.
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Mister Micawber I can tell you that the doubled bracket at the end is wrong.
Not necessarily:


one way [to find out] is [to investigate [whether non-human animals can learn something like human language]]
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fivejedjonNot necessarily
Indeed, I was completely wrong: I looked for that second interior bracket and could not see it. May I borrow your glasses?
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by function i am referring to whether the bracketed clauses are either: complements, adjuncts, subjects, modifiers etc..

for example: is [to investigate] an infinitival clause to the verb 'be'? if this is the case what is its function - noun object?
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