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Hela Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

when = which part of speech?

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00In a Nominal Clause which answers the question what, how would you analyse "when"? 02br
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00e.g. I will tell you 00when00 the exam will begin. 02br
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0Still an adverbial, I think, Hela:02br
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01i00I will tell you when the trouble started.02br
00I will tell you where the keys are.02br
00I will tell you how the customers will react.02br
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0Mr Micawber, would you please help me complete this sentence? Or help me find another one of the kind?02br
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00I 00will tell00 you ......................... 00when00 the exam 00begins00. [to put your notes away ???}02br
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00(what can I add in the blank, I can't think of something interesting here) 02br
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0Uh... I suppose you know that, with the change to present tense, you now have a confusion between the clause object and the adverbial clause:02br
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01i00I will tell you when the exam begins.02i00 (= I will inform you of the starting time)02br
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01i00I will tell you when the exam begins02i00. (= I will gi
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0Dear teachers,02br
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01b001)02b00 I thought that when "when" introduced an adverbial clause of time, the verb of the subordinate clause could not be in the future but rather in the simple present.02br
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00e.g. I'll tell you what to do 01u00when we get to the bank02u00. (adverbial of time = "get" in the simpl
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