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Maple Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
independent nominative??
Sentence:
However, he was a writer with a number of plays to his credit, none of them great successes but all worthy of note.
Dear teachers, my questions about the above sentence are:
How do you call the function of the underlined part from the grammatical constituent’s point of view? (independent nominative? )
Is it VERY commonly used?
Should we include it purposively in our compositions in order to increase the variety of sentence patterns?
Thank you very much!
However, he was a writer with a number of plays to his credit, none of them great successes but all worthy of note.
Dear teachers, my questions about the above sentence are:
How do you call the function of the underlined part from the grammatical constituent’s point of view? (independent nominative? )
Is it VERY commonly used?
Should we include it purposively in our compositions in order to increase the variety of sentence patterns?
Thank you very much!
Top answer
It's an elegant turn of phrase. Forget about terminology and remember the pattern.
- It's an elegant turn of phrase.
- Forget about terminology and remember the pattern.
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It's an elegant turn of phrase.
Forget about terminology and remember the pattern.
Forget about terminology and remember the pattern.
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I would say that it's not very commonly used, but it can be used occasionally in your compositions for variety, yes. I'd say it's a variation on a relative clause.
... plays ..., none of which were great successes but all of which were worthy of note.
It comes close to being a so-called 'comma splice', which is considered a fault, so some critics may dislike it.
... plays ..., none of which were great successes but all of which were worthy of note.
It comes close to being a so-called 'comma splice', which is considered a fault, so some critics may dislike it.
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Thank you CJ & MH[C]for letting me know your opinions about such grammatical phenomenon.
They help!
Cheers!
Maple
They help!
Cheers!
Maple
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