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24-Oct-2006, 16:38
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Current Location: Hong Kong First Language: Cantonese | |  Asking about the sentence structure
Hello, everybody,
I want to know the following sentence is a compound sentence or compound complex sentence. Also, how many clauses in it?
Here is the sentence:
Alice guessed that he was looking for his fan and white kid gloves and good-naturedly joined in the hunt, but the Rabbit's belongings were nowhere to be seen.
Hope any of you can give me the explanation. Thanks.
Mag |
24-Oct-2006, 20:43
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mag  Hello, everybody,
I want to know the following sentence is a compound sentence or compound complex sentence. Also, how many clauses in it?
Here is the sentence:
Alice guessed that he was looking for his fan and white kid gloves and good-naturedly joined in the hunt, but the Rabbit's belongings were nowhere to be seen.
Hope any of you can give me the explanation. Thanks.
Mag | A compound sentence has more than one independent clause.
A complex sentence has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
A compound-complex sentence has more than one independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
Your sentence has three clauses, 2 independent and one dependent, so it is compound-complex. I will mark the clauses in color. Incidentally, the first independent clause has two verbs joined by a conjunction, but it is one clause. Alice guessed that he was looking for his fan and white kid gloves and good-naturedly joined in the hunt, but the Rabbit's belongings were nowhere to be seen.
orange = dependent clause  |
25-Oct-2006, 16:31
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Hi,
So, is the dependent clause a relative clause? I mean, can a dependent clause be a relative clause,pls explain. Thanks
Moreover. what is 'that' in the sentence? Is it an object?
'he was looking for his fan and his white kid' ---object compliment? Am I right?
mag
Last edited by Mag; 25-Oct-2006 at 16:57.
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25-Oct-2006, 20:50
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Originally Posted by Mag Hi,
So, is the dependent clause a relative clause? I mean, can a dependent clause be a relative clause,pls explain. Thanks
Moreover. what is 'that' in the sentence? Is it an object?
'he was looking for his fan and his white kid' ---object compliment? Am I right?
mag | Any clause that cannot stand on its own as a complete sentence is a dependent clause. There are various kinds of dependent clause. A relative clause is one type. This clause is a noun clause. It acts as the direct object of the verb "guessed", because it answers "what did Alice guess?"
In that sentence "that" is a conjunction used to introduce the noun clause. It has no function in the clause itself. As a matter of fact, it could be omitted. |
26-Oct-2006, 06:10
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Hi,
Isn't that:
'that he was looking for his fan and white kid gloves' -- is the object of the sentence or is the verb compliment?
Does it have an object in the sentence?
One more question is about the first independent clause, I think 'Alice guessed' is the main clause and 'good naturedly joined in the hunt' is another independent clause. Am I right? Pls tell...because right now I'm so confused!!
Thanks
Last edited by Mag; 26-Oct-2006 at 06:40.
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26-Oct-2006, 06:25
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Current Location: Adana / Turkey First Language: TURKISH Member Type: English Teacher | | Re: Asking about the sentence structure
Considering terminology, "that" is known as "conjunction" in such contexts. |
26-Oct-2006, 06:42
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Hi, mehmetmemger,
Pls tell us more details......why 'that' is the conjunction in the sentence? It means it mustn't be a relative clause, right?
Mag |
26-Oct-2006, 23:04
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Current Location: Adana / Turkey First Language: TURKISH Member Type: English Teacher | | Re: Asking about the sentence structure
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Originally Posted by Mag Hi, mehmetmemger,
Pls tell us more details......why 'that' is the conjunction in the sentence? It means it mustn't be a relative clause, right?
Mag | No, actually it is a THAT Clause, that's to say, a noun clause. |
27-Oct-2006, 02:52
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Hi, mehmetmamger,
So, 'that he was looking for his fan and gloves' is the verb compliment in the sentence, right? Pls tell..........thanks so much!
Mag |
31-Oct-2006, 12:43
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Exactly it is. | | |
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