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DarudeSandstorm Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Passive Voice and Auxiliary Verb
"After high school graduation, with ten shilling given to her by her aunt, she bought oranges and made twelve jars of marmalade."
Why is "with ten shillings given to her by her aunt" correct whereas "with ten shillings were given to her by her aunt" not?
Is it any related to nonrestrictive/restrictive clause rules?
Because when I transform the clause to a full sentence, it is "Ten shillings were given her by her aunt," which seems perfectly fine.
Why is "with ten shillings given to her by her aunt" correct whereas "with ten shillings were given to her by her aunt" not?
Is it any related to nonrestrictive/restrictive clause rules?
Because when I transform the clause to a full sentence, it is "Ten shillings were given her by her aunt," which seems perfectly fine.
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Hello, DarudeSandstorm—and welcome to English Forums. Thank you for registering as a member. DarudeSandstorm Why is "with ten shillings given to her by her aunt" correct whereas "with ten shillings were given to her by her aunt" not?
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- DarudeSandstorm Why is "with ten shillings given to her by her aunt" correct whereas "with ten shillings were given to her by her aunt" not?
- Because you cannot have two finite verbs in a sentence without a conjunction or a semicolon joining their clauses.
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Hello, DarudeSandstorm—and welcome to English Forums. Thank you for registering as a member.
DarudeSandstormWhy is "with ten shillings given to her by her aunt" correct whereas "with ten shillings were given to her by her aunt" not?Because you cannot have two finite verbs in a sentence without a conjunction or a semicolon joining their clauses.
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"After high school graduation, with ten shillings that were given to her by her aunt, she bought oranges and made twelve jars of marmalade."
Written as above, the underlined is a full relative clause with a finite verb.
In the original, it is a non-finite (reduced) relative clause.
Relative clauses are "reduced" by omitting the relative pronoun and helping ver
Written as above, the underlined is a full relative clause with a finite verb.
In the original, it is a non-finite (reduced) relative clause.
Relative clauses are "reduced" by omitting the relative pronoun and helping ver
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Sorry, another question:
I assume that the two illegal finite verbs are "were" and "given."
What about "ten shillings were given to her by her aunt"? It seems pretty fine...
I assume that the two illegal finite verbs are "were" and "given."
What about "ten shillings were given to her by her aunt"? It seems pretty fine...
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DarudeSandstormI assume that the two illegal finite verbs are "were" and "given."The grammatical verb phrase is "were given." It is past tense, passive voice.
DarudeSandstormWhat about "ten shillings were given to her by her aunt"? It seems pretty fine...Well, that changes it from a dependent clause to an independent cla
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DarudeSandstormWhat about "ten shillings were given to her by her aunt"? It seems pretty fine.It is fine, but you can't place it after "with". "with" cannot govern a finite clause. So it's wrong as soon as you add "with":
with ten shillings were given to her by her aunt is wrong.
There are many other words that can be added
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