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    elisa tey is offline Newbie
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    I had this extracted from a recent NY times.

    During the Depression of the 1930s, that meant listening to the radio and playing parlor and board games, sometimes in lieu of a glamorous night on the town.

    Would anyone please kindly analyse the clause elements? and which of it is the subject?

    thank you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by elisa tey View Post
    I have extracted this from a recent NY Times.

    During the Depression of the 1930s, that meant listening to the radio and playing parlor and board games, sometimes in lieu of a glamorous night on the town.

    Would anyone please kindly analyze the clause elements? And which of it is the subject?

    Thank you.
    Subject: that (Refers to something in the previous sentence.)
    Verb: meant
    Object: listening (A gerund.)

    Everything before meant is a separate dependent clause that answers the question: When? (During is the clue.)
    Everything after listening answers the question: Listening to what? (To is the clue.)

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    Default Re: Clause analysation

    Incidentally, it's an analysis.

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