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| I am from Thailand. I would be very much appreciate if you could explain about the easy rule of reducing clauses. It is very hard to remember. I very much appreciate your kindness. Ampaiwan |
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| . I didn't know that there was an easy rule for reducing clauses, Ampaiwan, but generally the relative pronoun and auxilary verbs or 'be' forms can be omitted, as well as some conjunctions: The man [who is] sitting next to me is as bald as an egg. [While I was] sitting on the bench, I peeled an orange. [Having been]once bitten, he was twice shy. My barber, [who has]never [been] a shirker, cuts hair 14 hours a day. . |
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