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AvangiYou are right. I stand corrected. The predicate as opposed to the attributive. I meant "is a rock music icon" is the main theme of this sentence which the writer wanted to state, despite its subject being a mile long. Thanks for pointing it out.So, in the long run, if someone...

Hi, jm.Getting closer. The captioned phrase cannot be a clause because it has no subject. As CJ says, it's the predicate. Just as in the case of a simple sentence, a clause must have both a subject and a verb (predicate). There's one of them in your sentence: "which employs the...

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I'm taking a correspondence course. These are some of the exercises that I need to submit. So please I need help from grammar exerperts thanks. Question 2 : In the following paragraphs, find one example of each of the parts of the sentence listed below. Lable each example clearly. You will...

Anonymous wrote: 1.Combine each set of simple sentences below to produce the kind of sentence specified in parentheses. 1) People begin to recycle. They generate much less trash. (Complex.) <No idea, but TIP: Using subordinating conjunctions!> 2) Environmentalists have...

Alanou wrote: First question: "We answer lots of different types of general English questions here". I want to know the use of the "here". Is it a attrib. of the "questions" or the whole sentence? Second question: "Creatures that scare the socks off us-- Bjorn Carey". I don't know how to...

Hi, that's a cute name. Your analysis of the sentence is correct for the most part. "Next to it is" is the predicate of the sentence. The subject is the rest of the sentence, not just "a different sign". Are you familiar with "adjectival/relative clauses"? That's what you have after...

Hi, Pastel "The same thing occurred during the country's previous two cycical recoveries, when increased government spending, tax cuts and exports provided the fuel for rallies that proved to be short-lived." 1. You're not just on the right track; you're 100% right in that "increased" is a...

I wouldn't know how to give a detailed explanation or description of all three types of clause in one post, so let's go step by step. Let's start with adjectival (or relative) clauses, since these are the easiest to identify. They can function only as postmodifiers of a nominal head. This...