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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Relative clauses that I cannot convert
Hello. If I want to convert a relative clause into a sentence, I can do that, for example, for "an apple that I ate last night", I can convert it into "I ate an apple last night", or, for "the picture at which we looked yesterday", I can convert it into "we looked at the picture yesterday". But, sometimes I see some relative clauses that I cannot convert, I understand their meanings but they are not the types of relative clauses I know. For example, "a hope that I'll find my pet one day", or, "a desire that things could be different", or, "a good chance that something might happen". So, is this a different type? Thank you.
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Yours is a novel approach to grammar, I think. I have never tried to convert relative clauses into anything. Why should I do that.
- Yours is a novel approach to grammar, I think.
- I have never tried to convert relative clauses into anything.
- Why should I do that.
- I see no point in it.
- Relative clauses are either restrictive (American) / defining (British) or non-restrictive / non-defining.
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Yours is a novel approach to grammar, I think. I have never tried to convert relative clauses into anything. Why should I do that. I see no point in it. Relative clauses are either restrictive (American) / defining (British) or non-restrictive / non-defining. A comma is used with non-restrictive / non-defining relative clauses. Any good English grammar website will give you information about relat
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