Anonymous  +  683663 Fri, 06 Mar 09 10:33 AM I have a question.   "a bit of animal husbandry that is not unheard of in southern climates if you leave your dog in a parked car and don't want to return to find him cooked." I thought "that" was a relative pronoun in the underline. And then, I couln't find out where a verb was expressed in the above underline sentence. Is the underline just a noun phrase, then? Or  did I get it wrong? Many thanks in advance. Anonymous Nouns, Pronouns, Noun Phrases, Relative Pronouns, Underline, Writing, Sentences, Phrases, Underlining

	Avangi  +  683682 Fri, 06 Mar 09 11:44 AM The verb is "is."  The relative clause is "that is not unheard of etc." It would be helpful if you could include the whole sentence. You're showing us neither the subject of the sentence nor the main verb.   It sounds like a headline, followed by another long subject with no verb. The missing part could be something like, "Joe is now going to explain to us a bit of animal husbandry etc."  This would make it all work. Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,182 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier Clauses, Writing, Sentences

	Grammar Geek  +  683696 Fri, 06 Mar 09 01:39 PM The act of leaving your car running with the air conditioning on = a bit of animal husbandry not unheard of in Southern climates. The whole thing is an appositive for leaving the car running with the A/C on. You can replace the hyphen (which should be a dash) with a comma, but it's a monstrously long sentence. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,665 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Commas, Punctuation, Hyphenation, Sentences