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Katuska Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Seem and that clause
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Please, will you be so kind and hlep me with this sentence?
It seems, that whether you are my friend, she is just a girl next door.
It doesn´t make much sense, but I just wanted to know the function of the "that clause" here. Am I right, that this is a nominal clause, functioning as a subject complement (nominal predicate), or is it a direct object of seem? "Seem" is a copular word, isn´t it? So it shouldn´t have a direct object, right?
Thank you so much for your replies, Kate
Please, will you be so kind and hlep me with this sentence?
It seems, that whether you are my friend, she is just a girl next door.
It doesn´t make much sense, but I just wanted to know the function of the "that clause" here. Am I right, that this is a nominal clause, functioning as a subject complement (nominal predicate), or is it a direct object of seem? "Seem" is a copular word, isn´t it? So it shouldn´t have a direct object, right?
Thank you so much for your replies, Kate
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It seems, that whether you are my friend, she is just a girl next door. Actually, you're being way too generous. It doesn't make any sense at all.
- It seems, that whether you are my friend, she is just a girl next door.
- Actually, you're being way too generous.
- It doesn't make any sense at all.
- I'd go so far as to say it's also ungrammatical, and therefore impossible to analyze.
- Perhaps you could attempt to fit the same "structures" into a meaningful sentence.
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It seems, that whether you are my friend, she is just a girl next door.
Actually, you're being way too generous. It doesn't make any sense at all. I'd go so far as to say it's also ungrammatical, and therefore impossible to analyze.
Perhaps you could attempt to fit the same "structures" into a meaningful sentence. Then p
Actually, you're being way too generous. It doesn't make any sense at all. I'd go so far as to say it's also ungrammatical, and therefore impossible to analyze.
Perhaps you could attempt to fit the same "structures" into a meaningful sentence. Then p
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It seems that whether or not you are my friend, she is just a girl next door?
Is this what you mean? (The comma makes a big difference!)
Is this what you mean? (The comma makes a big difference!)
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KatuskaIt doesn´t make much senseTrue. Let's make it more sensible before showing the structure.
It seems that whether she is friendly or not, she is intelligent.
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It seems [ that [whether she is friendly or not, she is intelligent] ].
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It seems [ that she is intelligent [whether
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Sorry, there should have been "whereas" instead of "whether" in the sentence. And concerning the comma, I suck in that, I have never learned English rules of commas, so I don´t know the differences, unfortunatelly, I will have to study it. However, thank you for your reply, I appreciate that.
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