Vaedoris
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When a subordinate conjunction is used in a sentence, it always introduces a subordinate clause. Is this statement true or false?
I found these two sentences in my book:
1. You look at me as if I were from another planet.
2. She treats me as an equal.
The subordinate clause in the first sentence, as if I were from another planet, is introduced by the conjunction as if. In contrast, however, the conjunction as in the second sentence is followed by the noun phrase an equal (is this a noun phrase?) instead of a clause.
If the top statement is true, the second sentence must have a subordinate clause but what is it? Is it abbreviated? Then, what is the true/implied form?
Please, please, please help me correct any (preferably all) mistakes that you can find in this post. I find it very hard to write.
Thank you
I found these two sentences in my book:
1. You look at me as if I were from another planet.
2. She treats me as an equal.
The subordinate clause in the first sentence, as if I were from another planet, is introduced by the conjunction as if. In contrast, however, the conjunction as in the second sentence is followed by the noun phrase an equal (is this a noun phrase?) instead of a clause.
If the top statement is true, the second sentence must have a subordinate clause but what is it? Is it abbreviated? Then, what is the true/implied form?
Please, please, please help me correct any (preferably all) mistakes that you can find in this post. I find it very hard to write.
Thank you
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