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Omission: A Common Verb (Say, Think) As The Controlling Verb, Co-Refrential Subjects in The Main
Omission: A Common Verb (Say, Think) As The Controlling Verb, Co-Refrential Subjects in The Main
You said you were going out to get yourself something to eat.
Try to get out and about whenever possible, making new friends and contacts.
I was happy to let the pleasant sunny days go by.
When in army soldiers look to a patron for rewards, in return for allegiance and support.
Regarded as a barometer of interest-rate excpectations, shorter-term notes made strides amid speculation.
John Wesley broke away from the ceremonial formalism of the church of england to found a Christian movement based on social justice and
personal piety.
Omission: a common verb (say, think) as the controlling verb, co-refrential subjects in the main
clause and that-clause (odnose se na stvar ili istu referencu), a personal pronoun as subject of
that-clause. Retention: coordinated that-clauses, use of passive vocie with the controlling verb,
an intervening NP or clause between the controlling verb and the that-clause
The comparative element:
Man has the greater power over his enviroment than he has ever had before. DO
Tech has given more people than ever the means f leading a comportable andeasy life. IO
More has been discovered about the universe in the last fifty years than in all the previous centuries. S
Science has progressed more rapidly in the ast few decades than in hundreds of years. Adverbial
Yet are we really happier than our ancestor were? Sc
The police expect that they are going to travel north in a stolen brown sedan.
It is expected by the police that they are going to travel…
That they are going to travel north in a stolen brown sedan is expected by the police.
They suspect that they were involved in the assault of a teenage girl last week.
It is suspected by them that they were involved …
That they were involved in the assault of a teenage girl last week is suspected by them.
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8,90,93,94,95,96,97,99
I think she’s happy that I really got a lot done in the It’s amazing that He disregarded the idea, that It was an idea that is
last couple of days. NTC only three hundred science could explain beyond a taking hold among a
died. Nominal that- certain point. That-clause small but diverse
clause, extraposed S group of religios
fugres. PP, Relative cl
Its hard to believe how one human mind could have What I’m saying is We are faced with the problem It addressed a problem
created them. Extraposed S that I’m sure that I that the structures of local that doesn’t even exist.
was told at least once government differ from nation to Relative cl
in person. NTC nation. NTC, PP, appos clause
Do we have your
permission to record
you? To-inf cl, Appos.
0After a phone conversation with clinton, nixon I think she should just He took an introduction to biology There’s possiblity of
thinks its strange and meaningful that he never be happy that my and zoolgy at one time. PP private ownership of
brought up hillary. NTC mess isnt spilling out the land. PP,PP
of my room. NTC Well he had every intention of
finding work. PP There was no question
who Michael was. Wh-
inter
Western leaders were convinced that NATOs He’s in a meeting and Old Taskerson, a kidnly sharp man,
steadfastness had been crucial in bringing the I’m not sure when had lost the only one of his sons
communist bloc in from the cold. NTC, PP he’ll be back. wh- who’s inherited any degree of
interr clause literary talent. App NP, relative cl,
The test was PP
expensive to produce.
To-inf clause
Rob’s birthday is the sixth of august. It’s only a week The government is An agreement on fishing quotas The yound man began
after yours. It should be easy to remember. To-inf unlikely to meet the reached by EC minsiters yesterday his climb from rags to
clause full cost. To-inf could push half of Soctland’s fleet riches. 2PP
clause to bankruptcy.PP, ed p clause
A problem involving a
chemical reaction. –ing
p clause
All the cylindrical surfaces are displayed only as two We’re quite happy to Toronto is a logical site because the The arrests were
circles joined by a start line. As this representation is rent for a while. To- canadian ambassador to peru, carried out under broad
difficult for the draughtsman to interpret, mesh lines inf clause former hostage anthony vincent, powers given to police
have been inserted. belongs to the comission of in the martial law
Without those guarantors.PP,App, PP decree.PP, ed p clause
powers, computer
hacking would be
almost impossible to
prove. To-inf clause
Relative clauses
Ok, this is all the shift that I got. O
And the fair hundred dollars that was in there? S
One of the things I want to do is go through our books. DO, zero relative
The private group, which measures invoices and financing arrangements,
recorded failures in the first half of this year. S
This is the second year in a row that the opposition leader had claimed
to be too busy to talk to the boisterous crew. RP, S, Adverbial
But we do not only communicate with people with whom we share our lives. Prepcomp
NF clauses F clauses
My greatest pleasure is to listen to chamber music. Scom If you cant do it, i’ll give you ten dollars. adv, concessive.
Standing here all day I see many stange faces. Adver you can do it if you try. adver, adjunct
Standing here all day is extremely tiring. S that you can do it is still uncertain. s
Glancing up at my tired face…how was I feeling. S,Adv, S that you could do it i always knew. do
What i wanted to say was, as I didn’t know whether you were
going to say that you could come or you couldn’t, could you
make it the following Saturday. S, Adv, O, Sc
Steinweg had a large room where we always breakfasted
together. Adv
He was a delightful companion, always cheerful and
considerate. Adv
She sang completely out of tune, so that permission was
seldom granted. Adver (result), Adver
That’s what I remebmber hearing-that’s why I asked how they
were doing, cause I remember that you kept buying fish.
verbless
The long journey over, we relaxed in the arm
sunshine. Adv