subordination part one week 3

8/2/2019 Subordination Part One Week 3

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SUBORDINATIONPART ONE


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I. COMPOUND SENTENCEA sentence that contains at least two clauses

and connected with connectors or linkers suchas and, so, but, or, nor, yet.

For this kind of questions, it must beremembered that for each clause, there mustbe 1 subject and 1 predicate and the connectoris not placed in the beginning of sentence and

began with comma.

Example:- George is reading, and Suzan is writing

- George is studying, but Suzan is watching TV


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II. COMPLEX SENTENCE

A sentence that contains at least twoclauses;- main clause- subordinate clause

Example:- The rain stopped (main clause)- After the rain stopped (subordinate clause)


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II. SUBORDINATE CLAUSEWhich is dependent on the main clause forits meaning, may function as:- adjective- adverb, or

- noun.

Example:- The man whohelped me (Adjective)

- Aftershe got it (Adverb)- Whatstudents do with their book (Noun)


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a. ADJECTIVE CLAUSE (RELATIVE CLAUSE)

it is a clause that describe a noun. Because the

clause is an adjective, it is positioned directly afterthe noun that it describes.1. Usually begin with pronoun such as:

- whom - whose - which

- who - that - where

Example:1. No one knew the men who were standing outside

the room.2. She knows the man whom you helped.3. It is important to fill out the form in the way that

you have been instructed.


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2. Clause marker where, when, and whereby can

also be used to introduce adjective clause.

-where locationex: The school where I met my husband is now

close- when timeex: that was the year when we moved to Alaska.

- whereby to refer to words indicating anagreementex: They made a deal whereby she would pay for

the expenses and he would complete thework by Saturday.


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3. Sometimes the adjectives clause is used withpreposition. In conversational English, the

preposition usually goes at the end of the clause, butformal and written English it goes at the beginning.

Informal:

He asked questions that there were no answer for.Formal:He asked questions for which there were no answer.

Informal:Jim was the man whom Linda was referring to.Formal:

Jim was the man to whom Linda was referring.


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4. If the relative pronoun is the SUBJECT of theadjective clause, it CANNOT be omitted.Example:The man who quit forgot his papers.

5. If the relative pronoun is the OBJECT of theadjective clause, it CAN be omitted.Example:

- The picture that I wanted had been sold.- The picture I wanted had been sold.


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6. If the relative pronoun is the OBJECT of thePREPOSITION in adjective clause, it CAN be

omitted, and the preposition goes to the end of theclause.Example:- The man for whom I work gave the a bonus

- The man I work for has given me a raise.

7. The relative pronoun whose CANNOT be omitted.Example:The man whose opinion we respect teaches at localcommunity college.


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8. The clause marker when CAN be omitted.Example:

- That was the year when the miners were on strike.- That was the year the miners were on strike.

9. Where and Whereby CANNOT be omitted.

Example:- Thats the room where I was born.- The factory devised a system whereby we could

get more overtime work.


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10. The Adjective Clause must have a subject and averb to be completed.Example:

- The music that we heard was composed by Bach.S V

- The music that was played made me sad.S V

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