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Yellowstarstruck Posted 11 years ago
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Grammar classification
1. The Viking I saw was humongous.
Is the above called a "Zero Relative Clause" in English grammar? On the wikipedia site it is called a "Reduced Relative Clause". I thought a zero relative clause and a reduced relative clause are different things. Fulvio
Is the above called a "Zero Relative Clause" in English grammar? On the wikipedia site it is called a "Reduced Relative Clause". I thought a zero relative clause and a reduced relative clause are different things. Fulvio
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" The clause has lost its relative pronoun but not its finite verb. " The clause has lost not only its relative pronoun but its verb has been reduced to a participle.
- " The clause has lost its relative pronoun but not its finite verb.
- " The clause has lost not only its relative pronoun but its verb has been reduced to a participle.
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"The Viking I saw was humongous" has a ZRC "[whom] I saw." The clause has lost its relative pronoun but not its finite verb.
"I saw the Viking enraged by bloodlust" has a RRC "[who was] enraged." The clause has lost not only its relative pronoun but its verb has been reduced to a participle.
"I saw the Viking enraged by bloodlust" has a RRC "[who was] enraged." The clause has lost not only its relative pronoun but its verb has been reduced to a participle.
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