Type of usage/definition.
The character was designed to very frightening, his main source of fear derived from his warped sense of reasoning.
His coat is used to conceal his scars, the product of the torture he received before he arrived.
His features contort with obvious pain as he tells his story, his memories of her clearly something he holds precious.
What do we call these adjunct parts of the sentence? What's missing from them in order to stand alone with say a semi-colon.
I can see the second one is missing a subject but the other two have 'his'.
You can add 'are'.
Say: His memories of her are clearly something he holds precious, or is (his main source of fear is derived).
What is adding 'are/is' doing to the sentence to make it independent ? Versus how they are presented in my examples.
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By adding is/are, you are changing a phrase (or fragment) into a clause, which has a subject and a verb. That is what adding is/are does. The first sentence isn't well written because it is confusing: The character was designed to very frightening, his main source of fear derived from his warped sense of reasoning.
- By adding is/are, you are changing a phrase (or fragment) into a clause, which has a subject and a verb.
- That is what adding is/are does.
- The first sentence isn't well written because it is confusing: The character was designed to very frightening, his main source of fear derived from his warped sense of reasoning.
- "His fear" means what he is afraid of, but it seems like the sentence was intended to say what was frightening about him to other people.
- His coat is used to conceal his scars, the product of the torture he received before he arrived.
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By adding is/are, you are changing a phrase (or fragment) into a clause, which has a subject and a verb. That is what adding is/are does. The first sentence isn't well written because it is confusing:
The character was designed to very frightening, his main source of fear derived from his warped sense of reasoning. "His fear" means what he is afraid of, bu
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