By Adverbs, Clauses

Hi Sn, It's natural enough, except that you don't need two conjunctions to connect two clauses; and verbs of sense (like feels and seems and smells) act like verbs of being, and take adjectives rather than adverbs.Although outside he behaves like nothing is wrong, deep down inside he...

Hi,I think the words 'in the mean time" and "finally" are conjunctive adverbs and can be said to be sentence adverbs, (I think) meaning they modify the whole sentences/clauses.I have trouble if any of these conjucntive adverbs comes after the conjunction "and" in that...

Hello,I'm reading about adverbial clauses and conjunctions, and the following discussions confuse me:The book says:These conjunctions frequently begin adversial clauses that indicate degree or comparison: as, than, etc.My relatives arrived earlier than they usually do.In this example, the...

Not here. No. when to clauses are indirect questions, hence, they function as noun phrases:I didn't know when to change trains.Be sure to tell him when to change trains.They don't function as adverbs:*You have to walk when to change trains.*Be sure to read the posted signs when to...

Hello,Could you tell why the following words 'then' have no commas immediately after them? Are they not connective adverbs and why does Sentence B have no punctuation between independent clauses? Sentence A. Why don't you hire a car? Then you'll be able to visit more of the...

Hi, conjunctions are a small closed class of function words that link words, phrases clauses in the same sentence. examples are: is, the, of, but, or, and, so, are, for, on, at, it. Transitional words tend, more often than not, to link thoughts and phrases or provide continuity from one sentence...

Thank you so much. I think you can add the conjunction 'and' to it to no. 1 and my argument is that that seems to be the typical case with conjunctive adverbs, not the practice of not putting a comma before conjunctive adverbs used below, ie, for example and namely.1. ... no longer...

To answer your question/s, I have to go into a further analysis of the sentence concerned - They arrived home to find that the house had been burgled. Invariably, we go home with a purpose: to eat, to sleep, etc., and in the above case, to find (something). That is a single idea (a unit by...

Hello Mister Micawber,I appreciate your kind reply. Here, I would like to point out the second sentence that has two independent clauses joined by a conjunctive adverb is required to be separated by a semicolon. Further, a comma is then needed after the conjunctive adverb 'then'. I have...

Here are some examples The main point is to explain the correct answerThe sentences are little-bit childisch ;they are some modified sentences. I am afraid that my explanations seems to be a little childisch, too. So please help me how to turn it into the right explanation. Mary was real angry...