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Old 25-Jun-2005, 23:07
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Default Reduce Clauses

Dear Teacher,
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.
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Old 26-Jun-2005, 05:16
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Default Re: Reduce Clauses

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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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