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Hossein31 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Which is the subject?
Hi dear friends
I don't know which is the subject of the underlined verbs, The books or The shelves? and if possible please clarify what the strucure is. I mean What is the form of sentences in an expanded way.
Books stood or were stacked on the shelves that ran along two walls from floor to ceiling, sat on the tables like knick-knacks, trooped around the room like soldiers.
Thank you veru much
hossein31
I don't know which is the subject of the underlined verbs, The books or The shelves? and if possible please clarify what the strucure is. I mean What is the form of sentences in an expanded way.
Books stood or were stacked on the shelves that ran along two walls from floor to ceiling, sat on the tables like knick-knacks, trooped around the room like soldiers.
Thank you veru much
hossein31
Top answer
the shelves that ran along two walls from floor to ceiling- - 'that' with its relative clause refers to 'shelves'. -- The commas place the other verbs in parallel with 'stood'.
- the shelves that ran along two walls from floor to ceiling- - 'that' with its relative clause refers to 'shelves'.
- -- The commas place the other verbs in parallel with 'stood'.
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the shelves that ran along two walls from floor to ceiling-- 'that' with its relative clause refers to 'shelves'.
Books stood or were stacked, sat on the tables , trooped around the room.-- The commas place the other verbs in parallel with 'stood'.
Books stood or were stacked, sat on the tables , trooped around the room.-- The commas place the other verbs in parallel with 'stood'.
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thank you very much for your helpful reply. a question: Is it "or" or "and" that is omitted before "sat" and "trooped"?
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