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Gerry Meng Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Sentence Understanding and analysing
Helle Mates
Here is the sentence: A draft copy pf report obtained by Herald *said thant while East Timor has made substantial progress since gaining indenpence in 2002, pervasive problems include high youth unemployment, falling per capita incomes and increasing poverty rates in rural areas.
Question: what type of sentence it is? a compound or clause? (May be I am not clear,)
The problem is, there is no connector between two clause, and second half seems a sentence, but there is no clear connection with the first half.
Can someone explain to me please?
*this sentence came from sydney morning Herald (Newspaper), Herald is short fot that.
Gerry
Here is the sentence: A draft copy pf report obtained by Herald *said thant while East Timor has made substantial progress since gaining indenpence in 2002, pervasive problems include high youth unemployment, falling per capita incomes and increasing poverty rates in rural areas.
Question: what type of sentence it is? a compound or clause? (May be I am not clear,)
The problem is, there is no connector between two clause, and second half seems a sentence, but there is no clear connection with the first half.
Can someone explain to me please?
*this sentence came from sydney morning Herald (Newspaper), Herald is short fot that.
Gerry
Top answer
Hi, Helle Mates Here is the sentence: A draft copy pf report obtained by Herald *said thant while East Timor has made substantial progress since gaining indenpence in 2002, pervasive problems include high youth unemployment, falling per capita incomes and increasing poverty rates in rural areas. Let's break it up into clauses. ( A draft copy pf report obtained by Herald *said ) that ( while East Timor has made substantial progress since gaining indenpence in 2002 ) , ( pervasive problems include high youth unemployment, falling per capita incomes and increasing poverty rates in rural areas .
- Hi, Helle Mates Here is the sentence: A draft copy pf report obtained by Herald *said thant while East Timor has made substantial progress since gaining indenpence in 2002, pervasive problems include high youth unemployment, falling per capita incomes and increasing poverty rates in rural areas.
- Let's break it up into clauses.
- ( A draft copy pf report obtained by Herald *said ) that ( while East Timor has made substantial progress since gaining indenpence in 2002 ) , ( pervasive problems include high youth unemployment, falling per capita incomes and increasing poverty rates in rural areas .
- ) Some people today also define particple phrases like 'obtained by Herald' and 'gaining independence in 2002' as clauses, but I don't.
- It doesn't really matter for purposes of anwering your question.
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Hi,
Helle Mates
Here is the sentence: A draft copy pf report obtained by Herald *said thant while East Timor has made substantial progress since gaining indenpence in 2002, pervasive problems include high youth unemployment, falling per capita incomes and increasing poverty rates in rural areas.
It's all one sentence.Let's break
Helle Mates
Here is the sentence: A draft copy pf report obtained by Herald *said thant while East Timor has made substantial progress since gaining indenpence in 2002, pervasive problems include high youth unemployment, falling per capita incomes and increasing poverty rates in rural areas.
It's all one sentence.Let's break
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Thank you clive.
it is clear. I got it now.
I now recognise the structure, but I reckon the meaning between the main and subordinate clause is a little bit of remote. And that is the thing obstructed me and fail to recognise the structure.
it is clear. I got it now.
I now recognise the structure, but I reckon the meaning between the main and subordinate clause is a little bit of remote. And that is the thing obstructed me and fail to recognise the structure.
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