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Default Re: Are the 5 basic sentence patterns sacred?

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Originally Posted by infinikyte
So if it's just written SVOC, we wouldn't know whether the C complements S or O. Thus there are actually two forms: SVO(OC) and SVO(SC), right? However, by your explanation, isn't this sentence more like a reduction from "It struck me as it is an excellent plan"? So it's actually a subordinate clause type.
No, "as" is a preposition in that sentence and is used in the normal fashion.
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