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Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

nonfinite clause

1i00Hey, that's just 01font00Chip touching your shoulder.02font02i02br
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00Are the words in red a nonfinite clause? Can anyone analyze the syntax of this sentence?0-
  

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1i00Hey, that's just 01font00Chip [who is] touching your shoulder.02font02i00 The nonfinite clause starts at 01i00touching02i00.0-
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1i00Hey, that's just 01font00Chip01b00,02b00 [who is] touching your shoulder.02font02i00 The nonfinite clause starts at 01i00touching02i00.02br
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00The relative cluase is nonrestrictive, so we should use a comma after Chip, shouldn't we?0-
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0Not nonrestrictive, no comma-- it is defining01i00 Chip02i00. 01i00The person who is touching your shoulder is Chip02i00.0-
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01cite10Teo12cite11i10Hey, that's just 11font10Chip11b10,12b10 [who is] touching your shoulder.12font12i10 The nonfinite clause starts at 11i10touching12i10.12br
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10The relative cluase is nonrestrictive, so w
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1i00Hey, that's just 01font00Chip [who is] touching your shoulder.02font02i02br
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00Is the above sentence a cleft sentence?0-
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0I don't think so, Teo; 01b01i00that02i02b00 is a demonstrative pronoun, not an empty pronoun.0-
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1i00Hey, that's just 01font00Chip [who is] touching your shoulder.02font02i02br
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00In cleft sentences, higher prominence of an element of the sentence is achieved by a grammatical change beyond fronting.02br
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001. Chip is touching your shoulder02br
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002. Who is touching
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003. That is Chip who is touching your shoulder why is it not a cleft?12blockquote
10Because it doesn't start with 01i00it02i00; it starts with 01i00that02i00. The first element of a cleft structure must be 'dummy 01i00it'02i00, not a word that refers to something (or some
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