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Hans51 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
The speech part of phrases
I have a good idea and I want to share it with you.
->I have a good idea, wanting to share it with you.
I know we can reduce the first to the second, but do not care about the meaning. By the way, so what I would like to know is whether we can see "wanting to share it with you" phrase as an adverb phrase or a noun phrase? I think it still functions as a noun because it was reduced from a noun clause. What do you teachers think about it?
Thank you so much as usual and have a good day.
->I have a good idea, wanting to share it with you.
I know we can reduce the first to the second, but do not care about the meaning. By the way, so what I would like to know is whether we can see "wanting to share it with you" phrase as an adverb phrase or a noun phrase? I think it still functions as a noun because it was reduced from a noun clause. What do you teachers think about it?
Thank you so much as usual and have a good day.
Top answer
You cannot reduce the first to the sentence. It is not acceptable English construction.
- You cannot reduce the first to the sentence.
- It is not acceptable English construction.
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You cannot reduce the first to the sentence. It is not acceptable English construction.
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Thank you, and then anyway we can reduce ",and clause" to "- ing phrase", even though I cannot think of anything. And if possible or you can think of any, the speech part of "-ing phrase" from "and clauses" is still a noun?
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Hans51then anyway we can reduce ",and clause" to "- ing phrase", even though I cannot think of anything.I can think of none either. 'And' is a coordinating conjunction between two equally important utterances, while an '-ing' phrase subordinates its content.
Hans51And if possible or you can think of any, the speech part of "-ing phras
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For example. The spectators leaped to their feet, and they roared approval.
-> The spectators leaped to their feet, roaring approval.
Tom is smart, and he is an English teacher.
->Tom, an English teacher, is smart.
Although we omit "and he", the speech part of the phrase is still a noun, I think. That's why I still think "roarin
-> The spectators leaped to their feet, roaring approval.
Tom is smart, and he is an English teacher.
->Tom, an English teacher, is smart.
Although we omit "and he", the speech part of the phrase is still a noun, I think. That's why I still think "roarin
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The spectators leaped to their feet, roaring approval.-- 'Roaring' is not a noun here. It is a participial heading a nonfinite clause/phrase ('roaring approval') used as an adverbial complement, or as some would have it, an adjunct.
Tom, an English teacher, is smart.-- 'An English teacher' is an appositive noun phrase.
Tom, an English teacher, is smart.-- 'An English teacher' is an appositive noun phrase.
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Thank you, and I got your point and one more thing, so you agree that ",and they roared approval" is a noun clause? Thank you and I am sorry for taking your time a lot.
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No— 'and they roared approval' is not at all a noun clause. It is an independent clause in a compound sentence.
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Wait, please..Are you still there? So "roaring approval" modifies "leaped" in the sentence? But ",and they roared approval." do not modify anything, right?
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So "roaring approval" modifies "leaped" in the sentence? I think that 'roaring approval' modifies the whole main clause ('The spectators leaped to their feet').
But "and they roared approval." does not modify anything, right?- Right.
But "and they roared approval." does not modify anything, right?- Right.
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