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Zoltán Király Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Relative clauses

The boy who won is happy.
who won = relative clause (restrictive)

The girl who fell hurt her arm.
who fell = relative clause (restrictive)

In next one, is there a relative clause and if yes, which one?
I need someone who can repair my dishwasher.
  

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Zoltán Király is there a relative clause and if yes, which one? who can repair my dishwasher

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Zoltán Király is there a relative clause and if yes, which one?
who can repair my dishwasher
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Is "I need someone" an independent or dependent clause?
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It is the main, independent clause.
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Yes, but it doesn't answer the question "What happened?". Without this can we consider it independent?
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Zoltán Királybut it doesn't answer the question "What happened?".
That is not a requirement of any sentence.
Zoltán KirályWithout this can we consider it independent?
Yes, of course, just as in 'I feel ill'.
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Zoltán KirályIs "I need someone" an independent or dependent clause?
It’s neither. It’s not any kind of syntactic constituent here.

The subordinate clause is embedded inside the main clause I need someone who can repair my dishwasher.
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Thank you.
One more question. Is "who can repair my dishwasher" a restrictive clause?
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Zoltán KirályIs "who can repair my dishwasher" a restrictive clause?
Yes. All relative clauses with the antecedent "someone" are restrictive.

CJ
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