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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Subjectless clause

Hi.

As should by now be obvious, a decision to do it would be extremely risky.

Is As should by now be obvious a subjectless clause or subject-implied one?

Thank you.
  

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as acts like the relative pronoun which , but unlike which it can be placed at the beginning of a sentence. Here's the equivalent with which : A decision to do it would be extremely risky, which should by now be obvious. So you can say that the subject ("as" = "which") is implied, or even that the subject is explicit if you accept that "as" can be the subject of a relative clause.

— CalifJim

  • as acts like the relative pronoun which , but unlike which it can be placed at the beginning of a sentence.
  • Here's the equivalent with which : A decision to do it would be extremely risky, which should by now be obvious.
  • So you can say that the subject ("as" = "which") is implied, or even that the subject is explicit if you accept that "as" can be the subject of a relative clause.
  • The antecedent is the entire main clause.
  • The relative clause is non-restrictive (non-defining).
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as acts like the relative pronoun which, but unlike which it can be placed at the beginning of a sentence. Here's the equivalent with which:

A decision to do it would be extremely risky, which should by now be obvious.

So you can say that the subject ("as" = "which") is implied, or even that the subject is explicit if you accept that "as" can b
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Thank you, CJ, for your useful reply.
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