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Clee62 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Independent Clauses

Hi,

I am reading a English reference book but I am not sure if I am right about the sentence.

It says," So How you respond to being asked to fill in a form depends on: ..."

I am not sure why this sentence can have two verbs. If it is because "How you respond to being asked to fill in a form" is a nominal clause?

So where do we put the conjunction "that"? And I guess it is optional to show it?

Can we change the nominal clause to a phrasal noun like:
"So how you responding to being asked to fill in a form depends on..."?

Is the puntuation correct in the sentence above?

Thanks,

Ryan
  

Top answer

" I guess I'll have to read your English reference book. " The "second" verb, " respond ," is part of the complete subject of the clause. I don't hear it as a finite verb, but I'd hate to call it an infinitive.

— Avangi

  • " I guess I'll have to read your English reference book.
  • " The "second" verb, " respond ," is part of the complete subject of the clause.
  • I don't hear it as a finite verb, but I'd hate to call it an infinitive.
  • "?
  • This is ungrammatical.
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" So How you respond to being asked to fill in a form depends on: ..."

I guess I'll have to read your English reference book.

The main verb of the clause is "depends."
If I had to pick a single-word simple subject, it would have to be "how."

The "second" verb, "respond," is part of the comp
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I really haven't thought much about this sort of sentence. (Maybe you could tell.) Emotion: smile
I'll follow your other replies with interes
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