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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
non-restrictive relative clause without "which"?
Hi! I encountered with this sentence:
"King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry, which held the record for most weeks at No.1 by a female artist for more than 20 years"
Now my question is that what the grammatical role of this clause is in the above sentence: "the most successful being Tapestry".
Is this clause a non-restrictive relative clauses?
Then how come it doesn't have a relative pronoun (which)?
Please analyze this sentence for me.
Thanks in advance
"King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry, which held the record for most weeks at No.1 by a female artist for more than 20 years"
Now my question is that what the grammatical role of this clause is in the above sentence: "the most successful being Tapestry".
Is this clause a non-restrictive relative clauses?
Then how come it doesn't have a relative pronoun (which)?
Please analyze this sentence for me.
Thanks in advance
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Anonymous "King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry It is not a relative clause, because "albums" has no reference in the clause. It is more of an absolute phrase, since it just provides additional elaboration or explanation for the sentence. " is a relative clause.
- Anonymous "King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry It is not a relative clause, because "albums" has no reference in the clause.
- It is more of an absolute phrase, since it just provides additional elaboration or explanation for the sentence.
- " is a relative clause.
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Anonymous"King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being TapestryIt is not a relative clause, because "albums" has no reference in the clause.
It is more of an absolute phrase, since it just provides additional elaboration or explanation for the sentence.
The last clause "which held the record ..." is a relative clause.
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Anonymous"the most successful being Tapestry" Is this clause a non-restrictive relative clause?No. It's a non-finite clause because the verb component is a non-finite verb form, the -ing form. Relative clauses, both restrictive and non-restrictive, always have finite verb forms. The equivalent relative clause is "the most successful of which is Tapestry"
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