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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Two dependent clauses?

I'm aware that a sentence must have at least one independent clause and I'm having a hard time deciding whether the following sentence meets that requirement.

"The punishment you should receive, Dan took upon himself."

I know I could rearrange it to "Dan took upon himself the punishment you should receive" - but would it also be correct the other way around?

Thanks a million!
  

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Hi, I'm aware that a sentence must have at least one independent clause and I'm having a hard time deciding whether the following sentence meets that requirement. " I know I could rearrange it to "Dan took upon himself the punishment you should receive" - but would it also be correct the other way around? Yes.

— Clive

  • Hi, I'm aware that a sentence must have at least one independent clause and I'm having a hard time deciding whether the following sentence meets that requirement.
  • " I know I could rearrange it to "Dan took upon himself the punishment you should receive" - but would it also be correct the other way around?
  • Yes.
  • It's just a more literary, stylish word order.
  • The underlying sentence structure remains the same.
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Hi,

I'm aware that a sentence must have at least one independent clause and I'm having a hard time deciding whether the following sentence meets that requirement.

"The punishment you should receive, Dan took upon himself."

I know I could rearrange it to "Dan took upon himself the punishment you should receive" - but would it also be correct the ot
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