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Hanuman_2000 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

When

Hello,

1.The time when fish are easiest to catch is at dawn.

In the above sentence 'when' is not a subject of the relative clause.

Is it an object of the relative clause?

I would like to analyse the above sentence into two simple sentences.

2. The time is at dawn. Fish are easiest to catch.

Is '2' correct?

Thanks.

  

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"when" is a relative adverb there; it is neither a subject nor an object. hanuman_2000 2. The time is at dawn.

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  • "when" is a relative adverb there; it is neither a subject nor an object.
  • hanuman_2000 2.
  • The time is at dawn.
  • Fish are easiest to catch.
  • It is dawn.
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"when" is a relative adverb there; it is neither a subject nor an object.

hanuman_20002. The time is at dawn. Fish are easiest to catch.

It is dawn. Fish are easiest to catch now.

However, this isn't exactly the same. The original sentence is talking generally. This is talking about a specific occasion (albeit a general point may also be

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hanuman_20001.The time when fish are easiest to catch is at dawn. In the above sentence 'when' is not a subject of the relative clause. Is at an object of the relative clause?

No: "when" is not an object, but an adjunct of time.

I would like to analyse the above sentence into two simple sentences.

2. The time is at dawn. Fish

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hanuman_20001.The time when fish are easiest to catch is at dawn.

I'd argue that the subject "The time when fish are easiest to catch" is a noun phrase in which the relative clause "when fish are easiest to catch" modifies the head of that phrase, i.e., "The Time". "is" is a linking verb there and "at dawn" a subject complement.

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