Sentence Analysis
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I am not at all sure how to analyze this sentence:
“When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.” (C.P. Snow)
“When you think of the long and gloomy history of man,” Is this an adverbial clause of purpose?
‘Hideous crimes’ seems to be the subject?
‘Have been committed’ the main verb clause?
“in the name of obedience” the direct object?
“in the name of rebellion” the indirect object?
Thanks
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fold navy “When you think of the long and gloomy history of man,” Is this an adverbial clause of purpose? It is adverbial but it does not express purpose. It describes the circumstances in which "you will find" happens.
- fold navy “When you think of the long and gloomy history of man,” Is this an adverbial clause of purpose?
- It is adverbial but it does not express purpose.
- It describes the circumstances in which "you will find" happens.
- fold navy ‘Hideous crimes’ seems to be the subject?
- It is the (passive) subject of its own clause, but not the main subject of the sentence, which is "you" (the second "you").
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fold navy“When you think of the long and gloomy history of man,” Is this an adverbial clause of purpose?
It is adverbial but it does not express purpose. It describes the circumstances in which "you will find" happens.
fold navy‘Hideous crimes’ seems to be the subject?
It is the (passive) subject of its own clause,
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