0
Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
how would you classify this clause
Dear all,
In this sentence, which i found in the oxford dictionary, how would you classify the clause in bold?
She lost her job when the factory closed, along with hundreds of others.
I'm reticent to call it a subordinate clause as it has no verb. Some kind of parenthetic expression maybe? An adjectival parenthetic expression modifying "She"? Help in clarifying this would be sincerely appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Jim
In this sentence, which i found in the oxford dictionary, how would you classify the clause in bold?
She lost her job when the factory closed, along with hundreds of others.
I'm reticent to call it a subordinate clause as it has no verb. Some kind of parenthetic expression maybe? An adjectival parenthetic expression modifying "She"? Help in clarifying this would be sincerely appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Jim
Top answer
Anonymous She lost her job when the factory closed , along with hundreds of others. Since the green portion (the main clause) is a complete sentence on its own merit, it doesn't need the pink portion at all and the only purpose for the pink portion is to add additional information to the main clause, relevent or otherwise. This type of dependent ( or subordinate) clause functions adverbially and can't not stand on its own.
- Anonymous She lost her job when the factory closed , along with hundreds of others.
- Since the green portion (the main clause) is a complete sentence on its own merit, it doesn't need the pink portion at all and the only purpose for the pink portion is to add additional information to the main clause, relevent or otherwise.
- This type of dependent ( or subordinate) clause functions adverbially and can't not stand on its own.
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
3 Answers
0
AnonymousShe lost her job when the factory closed, along with hundreds of others.Since the green portion (the main clause) is a complete sentence on its own merit, it doesn't need the pink portion at all and the only purpose for the pink portion is to add additional i
00
A look on a few grammar websites might suggest that it's a prepositional phrase: http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/prepositionalphrase.htm
A clause, by definition, should have a subject and a predicate (according to wikipedia: A typical clause in English contains minimally a
A clause, by definition, should have a subject and a predicate (according to wikipedia: A typical clause in English contains minimally a
00
AnonymousA typical clause in English contains minimally a subject (the agent or target) and a predicate ), so perhaps describing it as a "prepositional adverbial phrase" would be more accurate, rather than a dependent clause?I think it would be misleading that one can just call something a " clause " without describing it with a name. A main clause should ha
0
Related Questions