In Pronouns^x, Clauses^x

Use of Participle Clauses If a clause is shortened using a participle construction, the clause is called participle clause. Example: Watching TV, she forgot everything around her. In English, participle clauses are mainly used in writing in order to put a lot of information into one sentence....

Well, the phrase "holding outgoing radiation.." .cannot be a clause. It is a phrase. As I recall my grammar lessons (a long time ago), a clause must have a subject (which can be a relative pronoun) and a verb, a phrase does not. A phrase can act grammatically as a noun, adverb, or...

"Whoever" is correct. The indirect object of the verb in the main clause is the entire noun clause, not just the head of the clause. Directly quoted from "Cliff's notes" (sorry for the long inset)Pronoun case in subordinate clauseWho, whom, whoever, whomever. In deciding...

You have made some very complex sentences, so it is not easy to explain without a lot of detail. Here is my analysis of the grammar in the second sentence. I am not an expert in grammar, so I invite other members of the forum to comment. It (pronoun, subject) is (main verb) probably (adverb,...

CB,Thank you for your input. At least I know I am not the only one with the PASSIVE approach toward this typeof sentences. <<<Football is a popular sport as an adjective, although it is a past participle. However, some may argue this is a passive voice sentence because my exhaustion was...

played in almost all Asian and European countries.The sentence consists of a main clause and a relative clause, which has been reduced by omitting the relative pronoun and the passive auxiliary (is). I call such structures clause equivalents, but terminology is unimportant here. The relative...

But the noun that comes before it is "planner." Not any specific planner, but someone -- anyone -- who uses the planning method. I would like to find a man like Don, a man who brings flowers on his first date with me. I don't mean any specific man, but a man who has similar...

Thanks GG. The answer is not what I expected, what a new revelation. Wow. Could you explain it more? I see what you mean, but doesn't the pronoun "who" restrict the sub-clause to serve (modify/describe) the noun that comes before it, in this case, "I"? I thought,...

You're right to remove it. The element that is already replaced by which should not occur again in another form in the same clause.CJ

.Those (which are) in the type...The demonstrative is used. The object pronoun cannot be the subject of the dependent clause..