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which kind of clause do it belong to?
when-clause may act as a attributive clause and modify a noun expressing time, while when-clause also serve as a adverbial clause, showing the time. therefore, would you tell me which kind of clause the following two sentence belong to? thanks
1.It was eight o'clock in the morning when they went to work.
2. It was July 15,2003 when I graduated from Beijing University
1.It was eight o'clock in the morning when they went to work.
2. It was July 15,2003 when I graduated from Beijing University
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1). An adjective clause (also called a relative or attributive clause) usually begins with a pronoun, such as who, whom, whose, that, which, where or, when, and immediately follows the noun or pronoun which it describes. => attributive clause 2).
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- An adjective clause (also called a relative or attributive clause) usually begins with a pronoun, such as who, whom, whose, that, which, where or, when, and immediately follows the noun or pronoun which it describes.
- => attributive clause 2).
- An adverb clause begins with an adverbial conjunction, such as because, although, if or while, and if frequently found at the beginning or the end of a sentence.
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1). An adjective clause (also called a relative or attributive clause) usually begins with a pronoun, such as who, whom, whose, that, which, where or, when, and immediately follows the noun or pronoun which it describes.
1.It was eight o'clock in the morning when they went to work.=> attributive clause
1.It was eight o'clock in the morning when they went to work.=> attributive clause
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