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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Sentence Analysis
I will be home at 7pm to make dinner before I go to my piano lesson.
to make dinner=adverbial infinitive (temporal), modifying 'will be home'
before I go to my piano lesson=adverbial clause (temporal), modifying the verb aspect (??) of the infintive 'to make dinner' or 'will be home'?
Have I got it correct?
Thanks.
to make dinner=adverbial infinitive (temporal), modifying 'will be home'
before I go to my piano lesson=adverbial clause (temporal), modifying the verb aspect (??) of the infintive 'to make dinner' or 'will be home'?
Have I got it correct?
Thanks.
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English 1b3 I will be home at 7pm to make dinner before I go to my piano lesson . No guarantee to be absolutely correct, this is my approach: I will be home at 7pm [ main clause] to make dinner[infinitive clause] before [conjunction] I go to my piano lesson [indenpendent clause].
- English 1b3 I will be home at 7pm to make dinner before I go to my piano lesson .
- No guarantee to be absolutely correct, this is my approach: I will be home at 7pm [ main clause] to make dinner[infinitive clause] before [conjunction] I go to my piano lesson [indenpendent clause].
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English 1b3I will be home at 7pm to make dinner before I go to my piano lesson.No guarantee to be absolutely correct, this is my approach:
I will be home at 7pm [ main clause] to make dinner[infinitive clause] before
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Hi, thanks for your reply.
In terms of clauses, the correct classification is
Main, infinitive, then dependent (adverbial).
before is a subodrinating conjunction heading the dependent clause.
I'm more concerned about what the adverbial clause modifies, if you have any ideas there.
Cheers
In terms of clauses, the correct classification is
Main, infinitive, then dependent (adverbial).
before is a subodrinating conjunction heading the dependent clause.
I'm more concerned about what the adverbial clause modifies, if you have any ideas there.
Cheers
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English 1b3before is a subodrinating conjunction heading the dependent clause.Do you mean "going to my pino lesson?
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Sorry? I don't follow.
before I go to...=dependent/adverbial clause
if we reduce it to
before going to...=it is a reduced adverbial clause/non-finite
before I go to...=dependent/adverbial clause
if we reduce it to
before going to...=it is a reduced adverbial clause/non-finite
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This was your sentence in question:
I will be home at 7pm to make dinner before I go to my piano lesson.
I may be wrong, but I said before -is a conjunction linking "I go to my piano lesson" -which is an independent clause. I think you are so entrenched in adverbial and "reduced" sentences, that it becomes somewhat of an
I will be home at 7pm to make dinner before I go to my piano lesson.
I may be wrong, but I said before -is a conjunction linking "I go to my piano lesson" -which is an independent clause. I think you are so entrenched in adverbial and "reduced" sentences, that it becomes somewhat of an
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Please stop telling me what I am doing right and wrong. You are wrong. It is an independent clause. I'll cut off my wrists if I am wrong.
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English 1b3It is an independent clause. I'll cut off my wrists if I am wrong.
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I meant to say it is 'not' an independent clause. Typo. I disagreed with your point. But who really cares. We agree to disagree and that's that. Let's leave it at that.
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