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Maeelee Posted 5 years ago
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Hi! I want to ask how to separate this relative clause into constituents?

The fans who gathered at Staple Centre/ represented/ the ethnic and racial diversity of Bryant’s professional city.

is this correct?

  

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[The fans .................... [who gathered at Staple Centre] rel clause ] subj [represented the ethnic and racial diversity of Bryant’s professional city] pred . As you can see, only a small part of this sentence is a relative clause.

  • [The fans ....................
  • [who gathered at Staple Centre] rel clause ] subj [represented the ethnic and racial diversity of Bryant’s professional city] pred .
  • As you can see, only a small part of this sentence is a relative clause.
  • CJ
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[The fans

.................... [who gathered at Staple Centre]rel clause ] subj

[represented the ethnic and racial diversity of Bryant’s professional city]pred.

As you can see, only a small part of this sentence is a relative clause.

CJ

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