Independent clause?
Hi! everyone.
Could you tell me whether the colored clause is independent? Can it be considered a clause? And what does "regard" mean in this context?
The actor with a melancholy regard who scoured the bars of London’s Soho district with Peter O’Toole, Oliver Reed and Lucian Freud, liked playing eccentrics and psychotics, be they victims or torturers.
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silak12 the colored clause The part you colored is not a clause. It doesn't have a verb. regard ~ the look on his face; how he looks CJ
- silak12 the colored clause The part you colored is not a clause.
- It doesn't have a verb.
- regard ~ the look on his face; how he looks CJ
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silak12the colored clause
The part you colored is not a clause. It doesn't have a verb.
regard ~ the look on his face; how he looks
CJ
0There are different ways of analysing language. In the grammar I am used to, the highlighted part cannot be a clause of any kind because it has no finite verb. It means: the actor with a melancholy appearance, in other words, the actor who had a melancholy appearance. In my grammar it's a relative clause equivalent, but I know that others see it differently.
This me
0It is a noun phrase headed by "actor". I'd say that in this context, the meaning of "regard" is "demeanour".
BillJ
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