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Mango pen 189 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Reduction with deletion

If possible, could you answer my questions that I wrote in my previous comment? I think that would be enough for me.

  

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mango pen 189 If possible, could you answer my questions that I wrote in my previous comment? Is having the same subject in the main and participle clause enough to combine them into one sentence? It is usually ok to combine two short sentences into one if the logic works out.

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  • mango pen 189 If possible, could you answer my questions that I wrote in my previous comment?
  • Is having the same subject in the main and participle clause enough to combine them into one sentence?
  • It is usually ok to combine two short sentences into one if the logic works out.
  • The sequence of reduction is: two sentences -> compound sentence -> reduced (relative clause) -> reduced relative clause How far you can go with the reduction completely depends on the sentences.
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mango pen 189If possible, could you answer my questions that I wrote in my previous comment?

Is having the same subject in the main and participle clause enough to combine them into one sentence?

It is usually ok to combine two short sentences into one if the logic works out. The sequence of reduction is: two sentences -> compound sentence

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