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Tony Zhang Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
On Which to - Attributive Clause
Hi, I am a Chinese English Learner and Recently, i have encountered two expressions that change the way I understand in Attributive Clauses.
Traditionally, I think an Attributive Clause should be a whole sentence rather than a phase. Does anybody have time to help explain the following sentences.
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." In my opinion, a sentence should be followed on "On Which" rather than to.....
So I resolved many years ago that it was my obligation to break the cycle —that if I could be anything in life, I would be a good father to my girls; that if I could give them anything, I would give them that rock—that foundation— on which to build their lives.
The same above.
So How to explain the grammar here?
Traditionally, I think an Attributive Clause should be a whole sentence rather than a phase. Does anybody have time to help explain the following sentences.
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." In my opinion, a sentence should be followed on "On Which" rather than to.....
So I resolved many years ago that it was my obligation to break the cycle —that if I could be anything in life, I would be a good father to my girls; that if I could give them anything, I would give them that rock—that foundation— on which to build their lives.
The same above.
So How to explain the grammar here?
Top answer
" In my opinion, a sentence should be followed on "On Which" rather than to..... No, it's fine as it is.
- " In my opinion, a sentence should be followed on "On Which" rather than to.....
- No, it's fine as it is.
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Tony Zhang"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." In my opinion, a sentence should be followed on "On Which" rather than to.....No, it's fine as it is.
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Do you think that is an Attributive Clause? if so, I checked, In grammar, a clause is the smallest grammatical unit that can express a complete proposition. A typical clause consists of a subject and a predicate, where the predicate is typically a verb phrase – a verb to
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Tony ZhangDo you think that is an Attributive Clause?'On which to place it' is not a clause.
Tony Zhangwhat is the functionIt's a relative pronoun.isof for "Which" here?
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still confused! Do you think that is an Attributive Clause ? if so, I checked, In grammar, a clause is the smallest grammatical unit that can express a complete proposition. A typical clause consists of a subject and a predicate, where the predicate is typically a verb p
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Now that you said that is not a clause, and you also said "Which" is a relative pronoun.
I just check the definition of what is " relative pronoun".
A relative pronoun is a pronoun used to mark a relative clause, and having the same referent as the element of the main clause (usually a noun or noun phrase) which the relative clause modifies.
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I just check the definition of what is " relative pronoun".
A relative pronoun is a pronoun used to mark a relative clause, and having the same referent as the element of the main clause (usually a noun or noun phrase) which the relative clause modifies.
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Tony ZhangI think your explanation has contradicted yourself.... your explanation contradicted itself.
... you contradicted yourself.
No.The wikipedia definition is not complete, in my opinion.
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Tony ZhangSo I resolved many years ago that it was my obligation to break the cycle —that if I could be anything in life, I would be a good father to my girls; that if I could give them anything, I would give them that rock—
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