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Sabyakgp Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Verbless Clause

0Hello Teachers,02br
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00I would like to know what is a verbless clause and how we can form a verbless clause in english.02br
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00Here is a sentence, which I suppose could an example of verbless clause.02br
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00Though my influence was quite widespread among my managers, I couldn't extract the best out of them.02br
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00Now, if transform this to a verbless clause:02br
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00Though my influence quite widespread among my managers, I couldn't extract the best out of them. (Verb could be recovered).02br
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00Though quite widespread among my managers, I couldn't extract the best out of them.(Verb can be recovered, but i don't think that the subject could be recovered, so this form may be wrong). 02br
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00Though quite widespread among my managers, I couldn't use my influence to extract the best out of them (I suppose I can recover both the subject and verb)02br
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00Is my 00inference correct?02br
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00Please help me.02br
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00Thanks02br
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00Sabya0-
  

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0How about:02br
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01font01b00Despite my quite widespread influence02b02font00 among my managers, I couldn't extract the best out of them.02br
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0Thanks for the reply. But this doesn't seem to be the answer of my question. Could anyone please explain Verbless clause and how we can form a verbless clause in English?02br
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00Sabya0-
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0Hi Sabya,02br
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00Why do you think there is such a thing as a verbless clause? Did you read about it somewhere?02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0 In certain systems of analysis (transformational grammar) there is a type of clause called a Small Clause, which lacks a verb. I've underlined examples below.02br
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00 I consider 01u00John extremely intelligent02u00.02br
00 Could you let 01u00the cat into the house02u00?02br
00 Most people
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0 01font01b00In my training during the Middle Ages, a clause, by definition, has a verb. Otherwise, the structure is a phrase.02b02font00 0-
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0Phillip took the word out of my mouth! 050010id2
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01font11b10during the Middle Ages12b12font12blockquote
10Ah! Well, that's it then. Radford wrote 01i00Transformational Grammar02i00in the twentieth century (1988)! 05002br
00 (Those clauses with the verbs are called "Ordinary Clauses" in the 'transfo
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0Hi,02br
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00Perhaps Philip is referring to 01i00his02i00 Middle Ages rather than01i00 the02i00Middle Ages?05002br
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00Clive010id1
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0Well then, I must be in the wrong company (just kidding).05002br
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00Personally, I really feel that among what we have discussed here, what is correct becomes somewhat personal. If we relate to the traditional grammar and terminology as we were taught, some of what is discussed here is not really acceptable. I have little clue as to what transformational grammar is and
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01cite10Philip12cite11font11b10In my training during the Middle Ages, a clause, by definition, has a verb. Otherwise, the structure is a phrase.12b12font12blockquote
10Hi Philip02br
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00It was the same in my training in medieval times.0500
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