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Tenjing Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
please help .
A. I asked him where he lived.
B. I told him that I would do it.
Are these reported clauses or noun clauses as objects. Please clarify I am confused.
B. I told him that I would do it.
Are these reported clauses or noun clauses as objects. Please clarify I am confused.
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tenjing Are these reported clauses or noun clauses as objects I don't see why they cannot be both.
- tenjing Are these reported clauses or noun clauses as objects I don't see why they cannot be both.
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tenjingAre these reported clauses or noun clauses as objectsI don't see why they cannot be both.
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If they could be both,then how to know whether it's a noun clause or a reported clause.
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I think that Mr M wa suggesting that a reported clause (if that's what you choose to call it) could be a noun clause.
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In modern grammar:
tenjingA. I asked him where he lived.Interrogative content clause.
tenjingB. I told him that I would do it.Declarative content clause.
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tenjingThe verb 'ask' can't be used in declarative content clause,right?In sentence A, the verb "asked" is outside the content clause.
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