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English 1b3 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Sentence Analysis - adverbial phrase
a. Settling into our new home has been easy, (which has been) helped by the fact Ilona got a job almost immediately.
Is the phrase in italics a relative clause functioning as an adverbial, modifying 'has been easy'?
b. There are also some photos of the hike we did in Malibu where we saw the biggest homes I've ever seen, (which were) even bigger than those back home.
Is the phrase in italics a relative clause functioning as an adverbial, modifying ''biggest homes'?
Thank you
Is the phrase in italics a relative clause functioning as an adverbial, modifying 'has been easy'?
b. There are also some photos of the hike we did in Malibu where we saw the biggest homes I've ever seen, (which were) even bigger than those back home.
Is the phrase in italics a relative clause functioning as an adverbial, modifying ''biggest homes'?
Thank you
Top answer
easy' A non-restrictive relative clause may have a whole sentence as its antecedent rather than a specific noun phrase; for example: The cat was allowed on the bed, which annoyed the dog. Here, which refers back (presumably) not to the bed or the cat, but to the entire proposition expressed in the main clause, namely the circumstance that the cat was allowed on the bed. Most typically, a relative clause modifies a noun or noun phrase.
- easy' A non-restrictive relative clause may have a whole sentence as its antecedent rather than a specific noun phrase; for example: The cat was allowed on the bed, which annoyed the dog.
- Here, which refers back (presumably) not to the bed or the cat, but to the entire proposition expressed in the main clause, namely the circumstance that the cat was allowed on the bed.
- Most typically, a relative clause modifies a noun or noun phrase.
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In my opinion it modifies the whole idea from' setling into........easy'
A non-restrictive relative clause may have a whole sentence as its antecedent rather than a specific noun phrase; for example:
The cat was allowed on the bed, which annoyed the dog.
Here, which refers back (presumably) not to the bed or the cat, but to the entire proposition expressed in the main clause
A non-restrictive relative clause may have a whole sentence as its antecedent rather than a specific noun phrase; for example:
The cat was allowed on the bed, which annoyed the dog.
Here, which refers back (presumably) not to the bed or the cat, but to the entire proposition expressed in the main clause
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English 1b3a. Settling into our new home has been easy, (which has been) helped by the fact Ilona got a job almost immediately.As far as question A goes, the underlined seemed to be a grammatically illegal relative clause in my opinion; perhaps a misplaced adverbial as written, because "which" is ambigu
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grammarfreak English 1b3a. Settling into our new home has been easy, (which has been) helped by the fact Ilona got a job almost immediately.As far as question A goes, the underlined seemed to be a grammatically illegal relative clause in my opinion; perhaps a misplaced adverbial as written, because "which" is ambiguous to readers. Did it refer to "being easy", or "settlin
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