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Langtraveler Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Participle clause
Hello.
Would you check if I separate the participle clause correctly?
The original sentence is:
"I believe there has only been one man who would not aknowledge this necessity, and strove always to reach perfection, Leonardo; the end of his vain effort being merely that he would take ten years to picture and leave it unfinished." (The Pre-Raphaelites: Writings and Sources, Inga Bryden)
I seperated that into this:
"...Leonardo; And the end of his vain effort was merely that he would take ten years to picture and leave it unfinished."
Plus, does this kind of expression, "the end was that S+V," is natural in English?
Thank you.
Would you check if I separate the participle clause correctly?
The original sentence is:
"I believe there has only been one man who would not aknowledge this necessity, and strove always to reach perfection, Leonardo; the end of his vain effort being merely that he would take ten years to picture and leave it unfinished." (The Pre-Raphaelites: Writings and Sources, Inga Bryden)
I seperated that into this:
"...Leonardo; And the end of his vain effort was merely that he would take ten years to picture and leave it unfinished."
Plus, does this kind of expression, "the end was that S+V," is natural in English?
Thank you.
Top answer
Here is the noun phrase with the participle clause: the end of his vain effort being merely that he would take ten years to picture and leave it unfinished. You have converted it to the main clause: the end of his vain effort was merely that he would take ten years to picture and leave it unfinished. And you used the conjunction "and" rather than the semicolon.
- Here is the noun phrase with the participle clause: the end of his vain effort being merely that he would take ten years to picture and leave it unfinished.
- You have converted it to the main clause: the end of his vain effort was merely that he would take ten years to picture and leave it unfinished.
- And you used the conjunction "and" rather than the semicolon.
- If you use "And," change the semicolon to a full stop.
- You have made a second sentence.
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Here is the noun phrase with the participle clause:
the end of his vain effort being merely that he would take ten years to picture and leave it unfinished.
You have converted it to the main clause:
the end of his vain effort was merely that he would take ten years to picture and leave it unfinished.
And you used the conjunction "and" rather than the s
the end of his vain effort being merely that he would take ten years to picture and leave it unfinished.
You have converted it to the main clause:
the end of his vain effort was merely that he would take ten years to picture and leave it unfinished.
And you used the conjunction "and" rather than the s
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