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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
two questions up for help
1. I want to learn more about this kind of noun where it is all hyphenated yet still functions as a noun.
AreIthey considered idiomatically and thus we should memorize these what-seem-to-be variants or is there a system involved where the rules must be followed in making and using the words in such a construction?
a snatch-and-grab
2. What do you call the underlined part of the sentence that seem to have no tangible connection to the structure of the sentence?
If there were conventional household crimes, the thieves could say truthfully that the doors and windows were left open, the loot lost in plain sight.
AreIthey considered idiomatically and thus we should memorize these what-seem-to-be variants or is there a system involved where the rules must be followed in making and using the words in such a construction?
a snatch-and-grab
2. What do you call the underlined part of the sentence that seem to have no tangible connection to the structure of the sentence?
If there were conventional household crimes, the thieves could say truthfully that the doors and windows were left open, the loot lost in plain sight.
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1. They are generally idiomatic, so cannot normally be created ad hoc. Believer.
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- They are generally idiomatic, so cannot normally be created ad hoc.
- Believer.
- You'll have to memorize them, though there are probably some transformational rules buried in the more erudite grammar texts.
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1. They are generally idiomatic, so cannot normally be created ad hoc. Believer. You'll have to memorize them, though there are probably some transformational rules buried in the more erudite grammar texts.
2. You have underlined a nonfinite clause acting as a sentence adverbial.
2. You have underlined a nonfinite clause acting as a sentence adverbial.
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