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Silvia Black Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
What types of subordinate clauses?
1)What I want to know is when you’re going to get paid
How many subordinate clauses are here?Looks like 2...but what are they? Subject and predicate?Subject and object? Main claue and subject?
2) It was he who had bought the flowers.
It's a cleft sentence, so normally "who had bought the flowers" should be a relative clause. But in my school, we don't study this type of clause,and in this task I need to choose only between subject, predicative and object clauses.
I thought that if we can change the order like:"Who had thought of the flames was he" - the subordinate clause may be subject clause? What do you think?
How many subordinate clauses are here?Looks like 2...but what are they? Subject and predicate?Subject and object? Main claue and subject?
2) It was he who had bought the flowers.
It's a cleft sentence, so normally "who had bought the flowers" should be a relative clause. But in my school, we don't study this type of clause,and in this task I need to choose only between subject, predicative and object clauses.
I thought that if we can change the order like:"Who had thought of the flames was he" - the subordinate clause may be subject clause? What do you think?
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What I want to know is when you’ re going to get paid . There are three finite verb phrases, so there are three clauses. The subordinate clause What I want to know is the subject of the main clause; is is the verb, and the subordinate clause when you're going to get paid is what I would call the complement.
- What I want to know is when you’ re going to get paid .
- There are three finite verb phrases, so there are three clauses.
- The subordinate clause What I want to know is the subject of the main clause; is is the verb, and the subordinate clause when you're going to get paid is what I would call the complement.
- However, the labelling of clause is not something in which I claim any expertise, so I'll leave that to others.
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What I want to know is when you’re going to get paid.
There are three finite verb phrases, so there are three clauses. The subordinate clause What I want to know is the subject of the main clause; is is the verb, and the subordinate clause when you're going to get paid is what I would call the complement. However, the labelling of c
There are three finite verb phrases, so there are three clauses. The subordinate clause What I want to know is the subject of the main clause; is is the verb, and the subordinate clause when you're going to get paid is what I would call the complement. However, the labelling of c
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But I'm not familiar with term "complement clause", so maybe it can be formally called "predicative" or "object" or "adverbial" clause?
Maybe this source can give you idea of the way we distinguish clauses in my country (http://bookre.org/reader?file=627767&pg=303)
Maybe this source can give you idea of the way we distinguish clauses in my country (http://bookre.org/reader?file=627767&pg=303)
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Predicative or adverbial. The verb is a copula, which does not take an object.
I would chose adverbial, because of "when."
I would chose adverbial, because of "when."
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Silvia Black1)What I want to know is when you’re going to get paid How many subordinate clauses are here?Looks like 2...but what are they? Subject and predicate?Subject and object? Main claue and subject?What I want to know is when you’re going to get paid - a main clause;
What I want to know - a subject (a subordinate noun clause where I
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