By Universities, Clauses

Ah, welcome to English Forums, Chunes-- a grammarian after my own heart! I agree that the flow's the thing in many comma considerations. I often present it as a function of clause length and complexity: the longer and more convoluted clauses require commas, where the simpler ones do not. It's...

To WANG CHUN You are making the same mistake again. "(The statement that)" is NOT a clause. A clause contains a verb and in traditional grammar is said to consist of a subject and predicate. Your sentence, "(The statement that) all students should receive thr university education really strikes...

Hello paco2004 Thank you for your answer. Can you give me a hand with this sentence. (The statement that) all students should receive thr university education really strikes me as grossly exaggerated. This is noun or adj clause. Thank you

A student I tutor wrote the following: "I will keep myself as active as possible and challenge many things for another six months left." I told the student that she should either delete the "left" or add a relative clause like "that I still have left." I couldn't figure out though why "left"...

1) Do May / Might NOT (like CANNOT) express an interdiction = must not ? ex: ? CJ

Thank you very much, CJ, for your answers! Some more questions if you wouldn't mind: 1) Do May / Might NOT (like CANNOT) express an interdiction = must not ? ex: ? 2) Mrs James is in hospital and HASN’T BEEN ALLOWED TO have (and NOT “could have”) a cigarette after her meals. (correct ?) 3)...

Hello guys Beforehand, Congregational minister Henry Durant had established the College of California in Oakland, California in 1855. With an eye for expansion, the college's trustees purchased 160 acres (650,000 m²) of land in where is now Berkeley in 1866. But unlike the state's Agricultural,...

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The following is copied from David Megginson Copyright © 1994, 1995 and 1996 by the University of Ottawa Adverb Clauses An adverb clause is a dependent clause which takes the place of an adverb in another clause or phrase. An adverb clause answers questions such as "when?", "where?", "why?",...

Hi, I just modifed it. But now I cannot continus to simplize it while facing what I wrote. In my eyes, all of the words are useful. I know they are not as useful as I think, but I cannot stopping feeling that. I need your help, dear MountainHiker! In my letter,I'm trying to express my idea...