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Bepleased Posted 14 years ago
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Please help to examine my understanding

Hello,The excercise is the following sentence.{When I saw what you had done, I was sad.}And give my understanding to give your suggestion.rephrased: I saw at the time in which what you had done, that is for making .Thank you for your help.
  

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bepleased rephrased: I saw at the time in which what you had done, that is for making I believe you are trying to rephrase thus: At the time that I saw that (act) which you had done, I was made sad. This may help you to understand the meaning, but it is not the way we would actually say it. CJ

— CalifJim

  • bepleased rephrased: I saw at the time in which what you had done, that is for making I believe you are trying to rephrase thus: At the time that I saw that (act) which you had done, I was made sad.
  • This may help you to understand the meaning, but it is not the way we would actually say it.
  • CJ
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bepleasedrephrased: I saw at the time in which what you had done, that is for making
I believe you are trying to rephrase thus:

At the time that I saw that (act) which you had done, I was made sad.

This may help you to understand the meaning, but it is not the way we would actually say it.

CJ
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Hello CalifJim,And I have a question that has lived in the mind for a long time.Why is {I was sad} called "independent clause"? What is the reason for its being independent? That clause is really as the result of the causality of .Thank you and wish to see your help again.
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