Omission of conjunction in reduced clauses
Hello,
I have learned that the omission of the conjunction in a reduced clause (adverb clause --> adverbial phrase) is optional as in the following:
As fossil fuels like gasoline and natural gas are fast decreasing,
--> (As) Fossil fuels like gasoline and natural gas fast decreasing,
Is the omission of "AS" in this case mandatory? If it is optional , isn't it okay to leave the sentence like
"As fossil fuels like gasoline and natural gas fast decreasing", ?
Thank you for your help in advance, and happy holidays!
Top answer
For the sake of the examples, I'll add some sort of reasonable continuation, along the lines of what I imagine you have in mind. As fossil fuels like oil and natural gas are fast decreasing, we need to develop more renewables. This is correct.
- For the sake of the examples, I'll add some sort of reasonable continuation, along the lines of what I imagine you have in mind.
- As fossil fuels like oil and natural gas are fast decreasing, we need to develop more renewables.
- This is correct.
- As fossil fuels like oil and natural gas fast decreasing, we need to develop more renewables.
- This is ungrammatical.
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For the sake of the examples, I'll add some sort of reasonable continuation, along the lines of what I imagine you have in mind.
As fossil fuels like oil and natural gas are fast decreasing, we need to develop more renewables.
This is correct.
As fossil fuels like oil and natural gas fast decreasing, we need to develop more renewables.
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