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caren_630
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Dear Colleagues, Would you kindly help me with the following exercise??! Add a main clause to each of the subordinate clauses: 1. __________________, which was already late. 2. __________________, for which I was grateful. 3. __________________ that lives in the next street? 4. ___________________ that sank in the Atlantic. 5. ___________________, which made me suspicious. 6. ___________________, who lives next door. 7. ___________________, where the fire had damaged it. 8. ___________________, when the figure had disappeared.
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25 Sep 2020
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Heynowdo
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1. The foggy condition delayed my flight, which was already late. 2. I bought my son a toy and he was delighted, for which I was grateful. 3. You can�t cheat on me with a girl that lives in the next street. 4. A huge cargo ship sank in the Atlantic. 5. My pencil case was completely empty, which made me suspicious. 6. I don�t even know who lives next door. 7. Luckly I had no valuables stored where the fire damaged it. 8. Eventually I stepped in, when the figure had disappeared.
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25 Sep 2020
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yanogator
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Unfortunately, 6 and 7 don�t work, because Heynowdo�s sentences don�t have a comma, as the originals do. 6. I haven�t met Samantha, who lives next door. 7. We couldn�t sit on one end of the sofa, where the fire had damaged it. 4 doesn�t work, either, because Heynowdo added only a subject, not a main clause. Unfortunately, "sank in the Atlantic" isn�t a subordinate clause, or any kind of clause, because it doesn�t have a subject, so there�s no answer for that one. Bruce
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25 Sep 2020
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redcamarocruiser
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Are commas needed in these sentences? I don�t know the person who lives next door. Luckily I had no valuables stored in the closet where the fire damaged it. |
26 Sep 2020
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yanogator
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No, they aren�t needed, Mary, but the given sentences all have commas, except 3 and 4, so the completed sentences need to have commas. Bruce |
26 Sep 2020
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cunliffe
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I wonder whether the uploader forgot the commas in 3 and 4? Otherwise, they are just straightforward sentences. 3. You cheated on me again with beautiful Mary, that lives in the next street. 4. The Titanic, a famously �unsinkable� ship, sank in the Atlantic. |
26 Sep 2020
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caren_630
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Thanks a lot I did not forget the comma in 3. I forgot the question mark It should be: 3. _______________________ that lives in the next street?
4. ______________________ that sank in the Atlantic Thank you sooooo much!!
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26 Sep 2020
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yanogator
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I see that you have added "that" to sentence 4, so it is now a subordinate clause, as it should be. For 3, you can use Do you know the doctor that lives in the next street? 4. The Titanic was a ship that sank in the Atlantic. (to steal Lynne�s idea) Bruce |
27 Sep 2020
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caren_630
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Thank you all so very much! I am truly grateful! |
28 Sep 2020
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