Reduced Noun Clause

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Hello, I'd like to ask about the structure of the sentence bellow:

He immersed himself in hypothetical the rest of us found bizarre

So, I actually wonder the use of "the rest of us found bizarre". I believe it is a complement clause modify "hypothetical". Is it a reduced noun clause or reduced relative clause. If it is a noun clause, isn't the reduced of the noun clause supposed to be infinitive or gerund? or is it a relative clause ? and the reduction is happened to the relative pronoun. Can you please also tell me along with the references? so I can understand it better. Thank you, sorry for my bad English

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

It is an ungrammatical sentence. That means the structure is flawed.

Clive · Answer

hypothetical is an adjective.

You need to say

eg He immersed himself in hypothetical situations (that) the rest of us found bizarre.

Clive

Nel0506 · Answer

The sentence uses ellipsis.

sifahuwaida
Hello, I'd like to ask about the structure of the sentence bellow:
He immersed himself in hypothetical the rest of us found bizarre
So, I actually wonder the use of "the rest of us found bizarre". I believe it is a complement clause modify "hypothetical". yes!!!
Is it a reduced noun clause or reduced relative clause. no. non-dependent clause and ellipsis
He immersed himself in (a) hypothetical (world)(, which ) the rest of us found bizarre.
If it is a noun clause, isn't the reduced of the noun clause supposed to be infinitive or gerund? yes.
or is it a relative clause ? and the reduction is happened to the relative pronoun.
no relative pronoun
Can you please also tell me along with the references? so I can understand it better. Thank you, sorry for my bad English
no need to apologize.

http://thewindlike.blogspot.com/2012/12/elliptical-sentence.html#.XLngJbjSKUk

BillJ · Answer

He immersed himself in hypothetical [the rest of us found bizarre].

It's clearly ungrammatical. The bracketed element appears to be a bare relative clause, but relatives don't normally modify adjectives.

"Hypothetical" requires a noun to modify, as in:

He immersed himself in hypothetical thoughts [that the rest of us found bizarre]

where we understand that he immersed himself in x; the rest of us found x bizarre.

Note that complement clauses are not modifiers. Complement and modifier are quite different functions.

Nel0506 · Answer

You can say it's ungrammatical yet it could be seen in printed media by a good writer.

CalifJim · Answer

sifahuwaidaHe immersed himself in hypotheticals (that) [the rest of us found bizarre].

The bracketed segment is a (contact) relative clause.

Some people use the term 'contact relative' when 'that' is omitted. Two words are simply 'in contact' without the intervening 'that' (or 'which').

CJ

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