In Clauses^x, Weddings^x

Terri announced her wedding plans. Terri announced her wedding plans after a minute passed in complete silence. And there is no relative clause here.CJ

Here is a practice: Q: A minute passed in complete silence. Terri announced her wedding plans then. I wrote: A minute passed in complete silence when Terri announced her wedding plans. A: A minute when Terri announced her wedding plans passed in complete silence. Grammar rules say: The...

All of your examples are gerunds if we stick to modern terminology. Forget about the terminology verbal noun. It's total garbage! It has many different definitions, depending on the author and when the grammar book was written. _____________ The modern definition is given at...

She hasn't come to visit us since her wedding (on July 7th) > OK She hasn't come to visit us since she got married > OK "Since" introduces either a complement referring to a precise moment in the past, or a time clause referring to a precise moment in the past (simple past). In those...