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18-Jan-2007, 21:11
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Current Location: United Kingdom First Language: French Member Type: Student or Learner | |  names of forms in functions of expectation and surprise
Hi,
I'm preparing a lesson on functions for tomorrow as part of my CELTA course, and I'm struggling with identifying/analysing the following forms: He passed his test, as you might expect. principal clause + , + subordinate clause introduced by as? He kept going and, inevitably he ran out of petrol.
1st clause + and + , + adverb + 2nd clause?
I was left for my train and, to my surprise, it had not left.
1st clause + and + , + adverbial clause + , + 2nd clause
He had a good job but, for some reason, he didn’t to leave.
1st clause + but + , + adverbial clause + , + 2nd clause
Is that correct? I've been wrecking my head over this one and am still unsure how to label those forms correctly.
I'd be really greatful if someone could confirm/correct,
Cedric
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19-Jan-2007, 05:12
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Current Location: Phnom Penh First Language: English Member Type: English Teacher | | Re: names of forms in functions of expectation and surprise
to my surprise- this is an adverb phrase or adverbial, not an adverb clause- an adverb clause would be something like 'before she arrived'
I also wonder about 'inevitably'- I'd put a comma after it as it seems to me to be a sentence adverb modifying all of the clause. |
19-Jan-2007, 08:10
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Current Location: United Kingdom First Language: French Member Type: Student or Learner | | Re: names of forms in functions of expectation and surprise
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Originally Posted by Tdol  to my surprise- this is an adverb phrase or adverbial, not an adverb clause- an adverb clause would be something like 'before she arrived'
I also wonder about 'inevitably'- I'd put a comma after it as it seems to me to be a sentence adverb modifying all of the clause. | Thanks for that Tdol, much appreciated!  |
19-Jan-2007, 11:59
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Current Location: England (South East) First Language: English Member Type: English Teacher | | Re: names of forms in functions of expectation and surprise
Tdol's dealt with this, but I noticed one (irrelevant) slip: Quote: |
I've been wrecking my head over this one....
|  - nearly though! "I've been racking my brain[s] over this." Maybe you know this really - doing the CELTA can have unusual side-effects! 
b |
19-Jan-2007, 23:29
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Current Location: United Kingdom First Language: French Member Type: Student or Learner | | Re: names of forms in functions of expectation and surprise
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Originally Posted by BobK Tdol's dealt with this, but I noticed one (irrelevant) slip: - nearly though! "I've been racking my brain[s] over this." Maybe you know this really - doing the CELTA can have unusual side-effects!
b | oops, nice one bob, obviously not done my phonetic analysis for this one  |
20-Jan-2007, 09:03
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Current Location: Phnom Penh First Language: English Member Type: English Teacher | | Re: names of forms in functions of expectation and surprise
I think you were probably right the first time.  | |
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