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Eclaire1004 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Whether relative clause or main clause

Hello, teachers! Please help me with the following sentence in boldface type, excerpted from Scene 3 of "Betrayal" by Harold Pinter

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JERRY: Well, things have changed. You’ve been so busy, your job, and everything.
EMMA: Well, I know. But I mean, I like it. I want to do it.
JERRY: No, it’s great. It’s marvellous for you. But you’re not?
EMMA: If you’re running a gallery you’ve got to run it, you’ve got to be there.
JERRY: But you’re not free in the afternoons. Are you?
EMMA: No.
JERRY: So how can we meet?
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I wonder whether you’ve got to run it is a relative clause? or main clause?.
? ? If you’re running a gallery (which) you’ve got to run it, you’ve got to be there.
? ? If you’re running a gallery, you’ve got to run it, in other words, you’ve got to be there.

Thank you for your help in advance.
  

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eclaire1004 ? If you’re running a gallery (which) you’ve got to run it, you’ve got to be there. This interpretation is not possible because of the word "it".

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  • eclaire1004 ?
  • If you’re running a gallery (which) you’ve got to run it, you’ve got to be there.
  • This interpretation is not possible because of the word "it".
  • The object of "run" is already represented by "which", so you cannot state it again.
  • eclaire1004 ?
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eclaire1004? ? If you’re running a gallery (which) you’ve got to run it, you’ve got to be there.
This interpretation is not possible because of the word "it". The object of "run" is already represented by "which", so you cannot state it again.
eclaire1004? ? If you’re running a gallery, you’ve got to run it, in other words,
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