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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Placement of adverbial clauses
Hi. Could you comment on these?
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(placement of essential adverbial clauses - I think they are)
Joe went home happy holding his trophy.
Could we put the adverbial clause (I think is is) at the front? Could we say it is essential still?
Holding his trophy, Joe went home happy.
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(placement of non-essential clauses - I think of them as such in this case)
Thinking there would be his mom waiting, Joe went home happy.
Could we put the non-essential clause after the name "Joe"? Could we still say it is non-essential?
Joe, thinking there would be his mom waiting, went home happy.
Could we move it to the end of the sentence and still say it is non-essential?
Joe went home happy, thinking there would be his mom waiting.
Now, my question is this: When either an essential or non-essential adverbial clause is at the front of the sentence, how could we make sure (or possibly know)if it i s essential or non-essential just by looking at the sentence and its structure? (I am not sure I have worded my question corrrectly to reflect what I wanted to asked.) If you know what I wanted to asked, pleased help.
1.
(placement of essential adverbial clauses - I think they are)
Joe went home happy holding his trophy.
Could we put the adverbial clause (I think is is) at the front? Could we say it is essential still?
Holding his trophy, Joe went home happy.
2.
(placement of non-essential clauses - I think of them as such in this case)
Thinking there would be his mom waiting, Joe went home happy.
Could we put the non-essential clause after the name "Joe"? Could we still say it is non-essential?
Joe, thinking there would be his mom waiting, went home happy.
Could we move it to the end of the sentence and still say it is non-essential?
Joe went home happy, thinking there would be his mom waiting.
Now, my question is this: When either an essential or non-essential adverbial clause is at the front of the sentence, how could we make sure (or possibly know)if it i s essential or non-essential just by looking at the sentence and its structure? (I am not sure I have worded my question corrrectly to reflect what I wanted to asked.) If you know what I wanted to asked, pleased help.
Top answer
1. Joe went home happy , holding his trophy. -- In neither placement is it essential information.
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- Joe went home happy , holding his trophy.
- -- In neither placement is it essential information.
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- Thinking his mom would be waiting, Joe went home happy.
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1. Joe went home happy, holding his trophy.
Holding his trophy, Joe went home happy.-- In neither placement is it essential information.
2. Thinking his mom would be waiting, Joe went home happy.
Joe, thinking his mom would be waiting, went home happy.
Joe went home happy, thinking his mom would be waiting.-- In no placement is it e
Holding his trophy, Joe went home happy.-- In neither placement is it essential information.
2. Thinking his mom would be waiting, Joe went home happy.
Joe, thinking his mom would be waiting, went home happy.
Joe went home happy, thinking his mom would be waiting.-- In no placement is it e
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Hi. Thank you. Could you tell me what you mean by the thing you said?: "you can change restriction by moving the clause" Thank you for your anticipated help.
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Sorry, I mistyped. I meant 'cannot'-- I have now changed my original post.
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Hi. Thank you. I think the sentence below has a clause (I think it is a clause but not sure, though) that is essential. I took out the word "happy."
Joe went home holding his trophy.
Could we put the underlined part at the front of the sentence? If we could, how could we make sure it is an essential element (I think we can put a non-essential element (non-essential
Joe went home holding his trophy.
Could we put the underlined part at the front of the sentence? If we could, how could we make sure it is an essential element (I think we can put a non-essential element (non-essential
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