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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Some sort of modifying clause?
Hi. Please help. Would you say the part that comes after the comma is some sort of modifying clause? (I am not sure of what it is.) Sorry for not giving you the rest of the sentence.
It simply acknowledges that Paul was a child of his day, that he lived in a pre-scientific world that had...
Also if the above sentence were in quotes and what comes after the verb "had" completes a sentence, how many dots wold you place? Would four dots as shown below be correct? Thank you for your help in advance.
eg,
It said, "It simply acknowledges that Paul was a child of his day, that he lived in a pre-scientific world that had...."
It simply acknowledges that Paul was a child of his day, that he lived in a pre-scientific world that had...
Also if the above sentence were in quotes and what comes after the verb "had" completes a sentence, how many dots wold you place? Would four dots as shown below be correct? Thank you for your help in advance.
eg,
It said, "It simply acknowledges that Paul was a child of his day, that he lived in a pre-scientific world that had...."
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Anonymous Would you say the part that comes after the comma is some sort of modifying clause? No, it functions as direct object of the verb aknowledges , just as the preceding that -clause does. The comma substitutes for the word and : It simply acknowledges that Paul was a child of his day and that he lived in a pre-scientific world that had… Anonymous Also, if the sentence above were in quotes and what comes after the verb "had" completes the sentence, how many dots would you use?
- Anonymous Would you say the part that comes after the comma is some sort of modifying clause?
- No, it functions as direct object of the verb aknowledges , just as the preceding that -clause does.
- The comma substitutes for the word and : It simply acknowledges that Paul was a child of his day and that he lived in a pre-scientific world that had… Anonymous Also, if the sentence above were in quotes and what comes after the verb "had" completes the sentence, how many dots would you use?
- Three.
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AnonymousWould you say the part that comes after the comma is some sort of modifying clause?No, it functions as direct object of the verb aknowledges, just as the preceding that-clause does. The comma substitutes for the word and: It simply acknowledges that Paul was a child of his day and that he lived in a pre-scientific world
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