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Yzh1978 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
I was proof
It was proof that my mother's scheme to push me toward literature from an early age had been absolutely right.
I think" proof" ,a noun ,followed by an objective clause is ungrammatical."But this sentence is taken from a textbook.
Is it right?
Thanks.
I think" proof" ,a noun ,followed by an objective clause is ungrammatical."But this sentence is taken from a textbook.
Is it right?
Thanks.
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That's a perfectly grammatical sentence.
- That's a perfectly grammatical sentence.
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But based upon traditiona grammar , it shoud be " it proved that + an objective subclause" .
In the case , the subclause will be considered as an apposition. Can a noun introduce an objective subclause? Thank you!
In the case , the subclause will be considered as an apposition. Can a noun introduce an objective subclause? Thank you!
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It's right. The clause modifies "proof," telling what kind of proof it was, namely a mother's correct scheme.
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yzh1978But based upon traditiona grammar , it shoud be " it proved that + an objective subclause" .No. Here's a similarly structured sentence from an online dictionary.
The fact that science never stops developing is proof that man never stops using his imagination.
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I take it that an "objective subclause" is one that acts as a grammatical object, which must be a noun. Why do you think the clause is objective?
An apposition renames a noun: "Wiles proved FLT, Fermat's Last Theorem"
An apposition renames a noun: "Wiles proved FLT, Fermat's Last Theorem"
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So what is the grammatical funtion of "that man never stops using his imagination"? An appositive clause or an object clause?
In my opinion , the fact proves that man never stops using his imagination in which the word "that" introduces an object clause . Therefore , The fact that science never stops developing is proof that man never stops using his imagination , in this sentence , how can a
In my opinion , the fact proves that man never stops using his imagination in which the word "that" introduces an object clause . Therefore , The fact that science never stops developing is proof that man never stops using his imagination , in this sentence , how can a
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The basic structure of the first sentence is
proof (subj) | was (verb) \ right (pred. nom.)
The "mother's scheme" clause isn't appositional because you can't simply substitute the clause for "proof" to get an equivalent sentence. That something was right is different from something proven right.
The basic structure of the second sentence is
proof (subj) | was (verb) \ right (pred. nom.)
The "mother's scheme" clause isn't appositional because you can't simply substitute the clause for "proof" to get an equivalent sentence. That something was right is different from something proven right.
The basic structure of the second sentence is
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