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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

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My apprehension about this dissipated after the first 10 minutes, by which point I knew that I was in great hands.

Is this not a comma splice, an ungrammtical sentence?

'By which point' must work as a relative clause or something.

Can you please explain why how that is not a second main clause, starting from 'by'?

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I think that 'by which point' would be considered a phrasal subordinating conjunction (= 'when', 'at which time'), but there are probably other ways of analyzing it.

— Mister Micawber

  • I think that 'by which point' would be considered a phrasal subordinating conjunction (= 'when', 'at which time'), but there are probably other ways of analyzing it.
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I think that 'by which point' would be considered a phrasal subordinating conjunction (= 'when', 'at which time'), but there are probably other ways of analyzing it.
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English 1b3'By which point' must work as a relative clause or something.
Correct. The whole clause starting there is a nonrestrictive relative clause.
English 1b3Can you please explain why how that is not a second main clause, starting from 'by'?
Because that portion of the sentence can't stand alone. If it did, it would
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Thanks, so is it both a conjunction (as MM said) and a relative pronoun as CJ said?

If it were by that time or by this time, it would not be a relative clause, correct?
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English 1b3If it were "by that time" or "by this time", it would not be a relative clause, correct?

Correct. that and this are not nonrestrictive relative pronouns.
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Is it a conjunction or relative pronoun? Only reason I ask is because I have heard elsewhere that it is a conjunction meaning when. Does this mean it could be seen as either perhaps?

Thanks
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