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Bmojtaba Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Relative clause

'He scowled when asked for an interview'

Is the above sentence a reduced relative clause???it can be like[...when whom was asked...]

what's your idea???
  

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He scowled when he was asked for an interiew.

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  • He scowled when he was asked for an interiew.
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He scowled when he was asked for an interiew.
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bmojtaba'He scowled when asked for an interview'
It's a reduced temporal clause or what many European grammarians call a temporal clause equivalent: He scowled when [he was] asked for an interview.

When whom is ungrammatical.

CB
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GG, you've beaten me twice! You're the fastest woman in the west!Emotion: smile

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It's good that we have given the same answers, though! Emotion: nodding
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Grammar GeekIt's good that we have given the same answers, though!
Yes, but unfortunately I can't seem to be able to differentiate between me and my today. (I've corrected the error.)

CB
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could your present a good source about temporal clause and how to reduce them???
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