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Carter Lee Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

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Hello,

I hope everyone is being as well from covid19. Currently I'm trying to understand the below sentence from https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english/ep-200206

Douglas Alexander
A couple of decades I spent as an elected politician convinced me that disagreement is necessary if society is to progress and a society that values civility over justice and truth would simply be a recipe for stagnation.


Q1) I'm confused that understanding above structural sentence and grammar. so I separated to distinguish above sentence as Subject : "A couple of decades I spent as an elected politician" +Verb : "convinced" Object : "me" that clause ~

Am I correctly understanding the grammar structure of this sentence?


Q2) At that clause "that disagreement is necessary if society is to progress and a society that values civility over justice and truth would simply be a recipe for stagnation." How to separate "that clause" to understand ?

  

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Carter Lee the below sentence There is no such thing as a below sentence. Use "the following sentence". Carter Lee Am I correctly understanding the grammar structure of this sentence?

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  • Carter Lee the below sentence There is no such thing as a below sentence.
  • Use "the following sentence".
  • Carter Lee Am I correctly understanding the grammar structure of this sentence?
  • " Also, he misspeaks a bit as we all do from time to time.
  • " How to separate "that clause" to understand ?
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Carter Leethe below sentence

There is no such thing as a below sentence. Use "the following sentence".

Carter LeeAm I correctly understanding the grammar structure of this sentence?

Yes, but say, "Do I understand the grammar of this sentence correctly?"

Also, he misspeaks a bit as we all do from time to time.

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Carter LeeCurrently I'm trying to understand the below sentence

"Below" and "above" are adverbs. They are not put before the noun.

You can write: the sentence below / the following sentence.

Carter LeeI'm confused that understanding above structural sentence and g
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Carter Lee

Hello,

I hope everyone is being as well from covid19. Currently I'm trying to understand the below sentence from https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english/ep-200206

Douglas Alexander

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The sentence that you quoted is a complex-compound sentence.


It has two independent clauses.

Each independent clause has dependent clauses. Each of these clauses has a subject and fully inflected verb. Some of those dependent clauses are relative clauses (modifying a noun), or complement clauses.

These clauses are bracketed as follows:

The couple of decades (no

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