82 Answered Questions for the topic Clauses

03/16/19

What is the meaning of the subclause of 'goes off the deep end'?
If a real-time program **goes off the deep end**, the system can become unresponsive.
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Clauses Grammar Fronting

03/15/19

Shifting position of a noun clause within a sentence?
I came across the following odd-sounding sentence while reading The Time Machine by H. G. Wells: > 1. But **how the trick was done** he could not explain. In this sentence, the clause 'how the... more
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03/15/19

Is "That is so cheap!?" an exclamative?
Is the line > That is so cheap! an exclamative? I've researched exclamatives and found that these usually begin with "what" or "how". However, I know it's definitely not a declarative sentence... more
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03/15/19

Participle phrase or participle clause? For my students please?
I've looked at other answers, but am still confused - so please don't shoot me down (as tends to happen here) - but rather help if you can for the sake of my little learners. I have to teach a... more
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03/15/19

A few miles into the town --- verbless clause, or adverbial phrase?
> A few miles into the town, I saw a beautiful building that was now abandoned. I don't know if "a few miles into the town" is a verbless clause like this > (Being) a few miles into the town,... more
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03/14/19

How to punctuate an example indicated by "say"?
I'm wondering how commas should be placed around the word "**say**" and the following clause in a sentence like this: > If you have, say, a bucket, that you would like to fill with water, then... more
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Clauses

07/05/16

A subordinate clause actually is a thought complete in itself.
It's homework for my class and i will be asking a lot of them!!!!!
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