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Hanchechat Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Is this a wrong or right sentence?
For many Britons, the vast array of furnishing, fittings, accessories and components have fuelled this new aspect of cosumerism, and to meet and accentuate demand the range of magazines covering houses and gardens has expanded greatly.
(extracted from British Culture)
1/Please tell me the type of sentence(compound or complex or compound-complex sentence?), analysing which ones are Subjects, Objects, Subordinate..
2/Can I rewrite the sentence like "For many Britons, the vast array of furnishing, fittings, accessories and components have fuelled this new aspect of cosumerism, and to meet and accentuate demand that the range of magazines covering houses and gardens has expanded greatly.
thank you so much
I am from Vietnam's English language centre.
(extracted from British Culture)
1/Please tell me the type of sentence(compound or complex or compound-complex sentence?), analysing which ones are Subjects, Objects, Subordinate..
2/Can I rewrite the sentence like "For many Britons, the vast array of furnishing, fittings, accessories and components have fuelled this new aspect of cosumerism, and to meet and accentuate demand that the range of magazines covering houses and gardens has expanded greatly.
thank you so much
I am from Vietnam's English language centre.
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Hi, For many Britons, the vast array of furnishing, fittings, accessories and components have fuelled this new aspect of co n sumerism , and to meet and accentuate demand the range of magazines covering houses and gardens has expanded greatly. ), analysing which ones are Subjects, Objects, Subordinate.. 2/Can I rewrite the sentence like "For many Britons, the vast array of furnishing, fittings, accessories and components have fuelled this new aspect of co n sumerism, and to meet and accentuate demand that the range of magazines covering houses and gardens has expanded greatly.
- Hi, For many Britons, the vast array of furnishing, fittings, accessories and components have fuelled this new aspect of co n sumerism , and to meet and accentuate demand the range of magazines covering houses and gardens has expanded greatly.
- ), analysing which ones are Subjects, Objects, Subordinate..
- 2/Can I rewrite the sentence like "For many Britons, the vast array of furnishing, fittings, accessories and components have fuelled this new aspect of co n sumerism, and to meet and accentuate demand that the range of magazines covering houses and gardens has expanded greatly.
- It's a compound sentence.
- For many Britons, the vast array of furnishing, fittings, accessories and components have fuelled this new aspect of consumerism, The above is the first main clause.
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Hi,
For many Britons, the vast array of furnishing, fittings, accessories and components have fuelled this new aspect of consumerism, and to meet and accentuate demand the range of magazines covering houses and gardens has expanded greatly.
(extracted from British Culture)
For many Britons, the vast array of furnishing, fittings, accessories and components have fuelled this new aspect of consumerism, and to meet and accentuate demand the range of magazines covering houses and gardens has expanded greatly.
(extracted from British Culture)
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Hi, Hanchechat! I'm rather fond of the language myself!
Easy stuff first: We need to stick an "n" in "consumerism."
I believe you're looking at the word, "demand" as if it were a verb. I read it as a noun, as in, "the law of supply and demand." (Tell me if I'm wrong.) They want to meet and accentuate [the] demand. Perhaps what's needed, where you inserted "that," is a comma. The
Easy stuff first: We need to stick an "n" in "consumerism."
I believe you're looking at the word, "demand" as if it were a verb. I read it as a noun, as in, "the law of supply and demand." (Tell me if I'm wrong.) They want to meet and accentuate [the] demand. Perhaps what's needed, where you inserted "that," is a comma. The
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thank you Avangi and Clive. I already fully understood above sentence.
To Clive: you added the commas in red that makes the sentence clearer.
To Avangi: you seem reading my thoughts.
To Clive: you added the commas in red that makes the sentence clearer.
To Avangi: you seem reading my thoughts.
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