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Angliholic Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

He does it evey chance he gets

Jim is crazy about surfing. He does it every chance he gets.

Hi,
Is the underlined part in the above an adverbial phrase or an subordinary clause? Thanks.
  

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Angliholic adverbial phrase or an subordinary subordinate clause? It's an (adverbial) subordinate clause because it has a verb ( gets ). CJ

— CalifJim

  • Angliholic adverbial phrase or an subordinary subordinate clause?
  • It's an (adverbial) subordinate clause because it has a verb ( gets ).
  • CJ
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Angliholicadverbial phrase or an subordinary subordinate clause?
It's an (adverbial) subordinate clause because it has a verb (gets).

CJ
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CalifJim
Angliholicadverbial phrase or an subordinary subordinate clause?
It's an (adverbial) subordinate clause because it has a verb (gets).

CJ

Thanks, Jim.

But where is the conjunction? Is it "every chance? " Thanks again.
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AngliholicBut where is the conjunction? Is it "every chance? "
Yes, I think we'd have to say that every chance is the conjunction.

A less abbreviated form would be at every chance that he gets or with every chance that he gets. In that case, we'd have to say that (every) chance is the object of a preposition, and (that)
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I would say there was a conjunctive preposition implied, probably with. Every chance means with every chance.
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