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Nazanin saryazdi Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
reduced relative clauses
Michael Swan says we can not reduce non-identifying relative clauses, we can omit the whole clause. But in a coursebook we have:
Dagmara Stanek,25, from Sopot, emitted a scream ofjust over 126 decibels.
There are 2 non-identifying clauses: who is 25 and who is from Sopot
Why are they reduced? Swan said it is not possible!
Dagmara Stanek,25, from Sopot, emitted a scream ofjust over 126 decibels.
There are 2 non-identifying clauses: who is 25 and who is from Sopot
Why are they reduced? Swan said it is not possible!
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nazanin saryazdi Why are they reduced? Swan said it is not possible! This type of descriptive writing is very common.
- nazanin saryazdi Why are they reduced?
- Swan said it is not possible!
- This type of descriptive writing is very common.
- I personally won't call it a reduced clause, and I see nothing wrong with it.
- Think of it this way: Dagmara Stanek (25, from Sopot,) emitted a scream of just over 126 decibels.
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nazanin saryazdiWhy are they reduced? Swan said it is not possible!This type of descriptive writing is very common. I personally won't call it a reduced clause, and I see nothing wrong with it. Think of it this way:
Dagmara Stanek (25, from Sopot,) emitted a scream of j
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nazanin saryazdi25, from Sopot,These are non-restrictive appositives.
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nazanin saryazdiDagmara Stanek,25, from Sopot, emitted a scream ofjust over 126 decibels.There are 2 non-identifying clauses: who is 25 and who is from SopotWhy are they reduced? Swan said it is not possible!If Michael Swan says the sentences in your course book are not possible, you should complain to him, not us. We think they are fine.
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