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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Relative pronoun
I have a question.
"a bit of animal husbandry that is not unheard of in southern climates if you leave your dog in a parked car and don't want to return to find him cooked."
I thought "that" was a relative pronoun in the underline.
And then, I couln't find out where a verb was expressed in the above underline sentence.
Is the underline just a noun phrase, then?
Or did I get it wrong?
Many thanks in advance.
"a bit of animal husbandry that is not unheard of in southern climates if you leave your dog in a parked car and don't want to return to find him cooked."
I thought "that" was a relative pronoun in the underline.
And then, I couln't find out where a verb was expressed in the above underline sentence.
Is the underline just a noun phrase, then?
Or did I get it wrong?
Many thanks in advance.
Top answer
" It would be helpful if you could include the whole sentence. You're showing us neither the subject of the sentence nor the main verb. It sounds like a headline, followed by another long subject with no verb.
- " It would be helpful if you could include the whole sentence.
- You're showing us neither the subject of the sentence nor the main verb.
- It sounds like a headline, followed by another long subject with no verb.
- " This would make it all work.
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The verb is "is." The relative clause is "that is not unheard of etc."
It would be helpful if you could include the whole sentence. You're showing us neither the subject of the sentence nor the main verb. It sounds like a headline, followed by another long subject with no verb.
The missing part could be something like, "Joe is now going to ex
It would be helpful if you could include the whole sentence. You're showing us neither the subject of the sentence nor the main verb. It sounds like a headline, followed by another long subject with no verb.
The missing part could be something like, "Joe is now going to ex
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the whole sentence
On Coby(the name of a dog) 's behalf, Morris left the car in the History Center garage with its doors locked but with the engine running and the air conditioner on - a bit of animal husbandry that is not unheard of in southern climates if you leave your dog in a parked car and don't want to return to find him cooked.
I'm not sure how connect before the hyphen
On Coby(the name of a dog) 's behalf, Morris left the car in the History Center garage with its doors locked but with the engine running and the air conditioner on - a bit of animal husbandry that is not unheard of in southern climates if you leave your dog in a parked car and don't want to return to find him cooked.
I'm not sure how connect before the hyphen
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The act of leaving your car running with the air conditioning on = a bit of animal husbandry not unheard of in Southern climates.
The whole thing is an appositive for leaving the car running with the A/C on.
You can replace the hyphen (which should be a dash) with a comma, but it's a monstrously long sentence.
The whole thing is an appositive for leaving the car running with the A/C on.
You can replace the hyphen (which should be a dash) with a comma, but it's a monstrously long sentence.
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