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Hepworth101 Posted 11 years ago
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Sentence Analysis

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When the Chinese Wushu Association formed the standardised rules for competition she strongly objected to the changes they applied to her father’s system and tried to maintain its authenticity.

Main sentence: the Chinese Wushu Association formed the standardised rules.
Relative clause:: she strongly objected to the changes they applied to her father’s system
Relative Clause : maintain its authenticity.
Clauses: the standardised rules
she strongly objected to the changes
she strongly objected to the changes they applied
Phrases: Chinese Wushu Association....noun phrase
Her father’s system.....noun phrase
Standardised Rules....noun phrases
Appositional phrase...they applied
When....is a preposition of time
the Chinese Wushu Association....Subject
formed....verb
the ...definite article
standardized....adjective
rules.....object
for... Preposition
competition....indirect object/noun
she...pronoun
strongly...adverb
objected...verb
to ...preposition
changes....noun
applied....verb
father’s system....nouns
and....conjunction
tried....verb
maintain....noun
it’s.....pronoun
authenticity.....noun
  

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Hepworth101 When the Chinese Wushu Association formed the standardised rules for competition she strongly objected to the changes they applied to her father’s system and tried to maintain its authenticity. Unfortunately this sentence is not correctly punctuated, and the meaning is obscure. You need When the Chinese Wushu Association formed the standardised rules for competition , she strongly objected to the changes they applied to her father’s system and tried to maintain its authenticity .

  • Hepworth101 When the Chinese Wushu Association formed the standardised rules for competition she strongly objected to the changes they applied to her father’s system and tried to maintain its authenticity.
  • Unfortunately this sentence is not correctly punctuated, and the meaning is obscure.
  • You need When the Chinese Wushu Association formed the standardised rules for competition , she strongly objected to the changes they applied to her father’s system and tried to maintain its authenticity .
  • I have underlined the coordinating main clauses.
  • She is the subject of the main clauses.
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Hepworth101When the Chinese Wushu Association formed the standardised rules for competition she strongly objected to the changes they applied to her father’s system and tried to maintain its authenticity.
Unfortunately this sentence is not correctly punctuated, and the meaning is obscure. You need

When the Chinese Wushu Association formed the stan

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