The apprentice
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Dear teachers and members:
I'm taking an exam in june for being a teacher and consequently I'm studying lots of grammar, phonetics and phonology in these days. Next I bring the following.
1°) An adjective clause is a dependent clause used as an adjective within a sentence, it usually begins with a relative such as : A relative pronoun which, that, who; a possessive pronoun whose; an object pronoun whom; an adverb pronoun where, when, why or a zero pronoun (omission of a relative). The dependent clause is that which takes the adjective marker (a relative).
a) The painting was very expensive. (Independent or main clause).
b) Ms. Wallace bought it. (Dependent or subordinate clause).
The painting which Ms. Wallace bought was very expensive.
2°) In the above clauses:
a) The common noun (The painting) is the subject of the main clause.
b) The proper noun (Ms. Wallace) is the subject of the subordinate clause.
3°) In the dependent clause Ms. Wallace bought it, the relative pronoun WHICH substitutes the object pronoun IT and modifies the noun THE PAINTING of the independent clause, thus becoming into an adjective clause in the whole sentence.
4°) This sentence can also be written with a zero pronoun.
The painting Ms. Wallace bought was very expensive.
QUESTIONS:
I° - Is which the object of the adjective clause?
II - Is which the object of the whole sentence?
III° - Is the subordinate clause the object of the sentence?
IV° - It seems to me that the adjective clause always modifies the noun of a main clause, doesn't it?
V° - Whether the adjective clause marker (a relative pronoun) substitutes the subject or the object in the dependent clause, does make the independent clause becoming into the subject or the object in the sentence?
Please, I would like to know if my explanations are correct and I would also like to know the answers to all of my questions.
I'm taking an exam in june for being a teacher and consequently I'm studying lots of grammar, phonetics and phonology in these days. Next I bring the following.
1°) An adjective clause is a dependent clause used as an adjective within a sentence, it usually begins with a relative such as : A relative pronoun which, that, who; a possessive pronoun whose; an object pronoun whom; an adverb pronoun where, when, why or a zero pronoun (omission of a relative). The dependent clause is that which takes the adjective marker (a relative).
a) The painting was very expensive. (Independent or main clause).
b) Ms. Wallace bought it. (Dependent or subordinate clause).
The painting which Ms. Wallace bought was very expensive.
2°) In the above clauses:
a) The common noun (The painting) is the subject of the main clause.
b) The proper noun (Ms. Wallace) is the subject of the subordinate clause.
3°) In the dependent clause Ms. Wallace bought it, the relative pronoun WHICH substitutes the object pronoun IT and modifies the noun THE PAINTING of the independent clause, thus becoming into an adjective clause in the whole sentence.
4°) This sentence can also be written with a zero pronoun.
The painting Ms. Wallace bought was very expensive.
QUESTIONS:
I° - Is which the object of the adjective clause?
II - Is which the object of the whole sentence?
III° - Is the subordinate clause the object of the sentence?
IV° - It seems to me that the adjective clause always modifies the noun of a main clause, doesn't it?
V° - Whether the adjective clause marker (a relative pronoun) substitutes the subject or the object in the dependent clause, does make the independent clause becoming into the subject or the object in the sentence?
Please, I would like to know if my explanations are correct and I would also like to know the answers to all of my questions.
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