Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Is "that" a subject of this sentence?
From this sentence "Over the past decade, as much as four-fifths of that ivory has been of illegal origin -- poached , then smuggled . ", I wonder whether " that " is a subject which governs two verbs " poached" and " smuggled".
From my own understanding , the above sentence is originally written as " Over the past decade, as much as four-fifths of that ivory is of illegal origin has been poached , then (has been) smuggled."
Thank you.!
From my own understanding , the above sentence is originally written as " Over the past decade, as much as four-fifths of that ivory is of illegal origin has been poached , then (has been) smuggled."
Thank you.!
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as much as four-fifths of that ivory has been of illegal origin -- poached , then smuggled. No, 'that' is merely modifying 'ivory'. 'Poached' and 'smuggled' could be adjectives or they could form a compound absolute clause whose implied subject would be 'ivory'.
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...as much as four-fifths of that ivory has been of illegal origin -- poached , then smuggled.
No, 'that' is merely modifying 'ivory'. 'Poached' and 'smuggled' could be adjectives or they could form a compound absolute clause whose implied subject would be 'ivory'.
No, 'that' is merely modifying 'ivory'. 'Poached' and 'smuggled' could be adjectives or they could form a compound absolute clause whose implied subject would be 'ivory'.
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Could you please explain more in detail? My question is that if "poach" and " smuggled" form a compound absolute clause..., could you show me that absolute clause ? After reading your answer, I conclude that the base sentence is " As much as four-fifths of that ivory has been of illegal origin." Is "of illegal origin", a prepositional phrase a modifier of "ivory"?
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And if they (poach
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Anonymous My question is that if "poach" and " smuggled" form a compound absolute clause..., could you show me that absolute clause ?"poached, then smuggled"
AnonymousIs "of illegal origin", a prepositional phrase a modifier of "ivory"?Yes, that's right.
AnonymousAnd if they (poached, smuggled) are
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I got your explanation, yet I still somewhat..do not get it clearly. I only heard of Absolute phrase, not absolute clause, not even a compound absolute clause. Is it the same ? From my understanding, a subordinate clause also has a sentence structure as "subject + verb" . From your previous #1 answer, poached, then smuggled is an absolute clause.. what is a subject? Ivory? Should it not be togethe
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Yes, absolute phrase = absolute clause = non-finite clause.
Bruised and battered by his opponent, the fighter stayed down for the ten-count.
Bruised and battered by his opponent, the fighter stayed down for the ten-count.
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