[Grammar] last but not least.

[sky3120]

Hi, I have always appreciated your great help. Today, I want to finalize the English

grammar question. Please help me again get out of this long time trouble.

"Three nations , including England, will partake in the convention".

So what do you think of ", including England,". Is this an added information and a

contraction of the non-defining relative clause, "which includes" or an adverb phrase

and a contraction of participial construction, "and three nations include England"?

Please help me and thanks a million again for great help so far in advance,

 

[5jj]

I see no reason to regard a partiple clause as a contraction of anything.

 

[sky3120]

Thanks all the time. Well...if both were possible, would you think the meaning of either way is fine and the same?

 

[TheParser]

A NON-TEACHER'S OPINION


Sky,


(1) Some dictionaries and some grammar books suggest that you simply

label "including" as a preposition:

Three nations will partake in the convention, including England.

Three nations, including England, will partake in the convention.

(2) And don't forget another even more elegant way:

Three nations will partake in the convention, England included.

Three nations, England included, will partake in the convention.

(Many books label "included" as a "postpositive adjective." That is, an adjective that comes AFTER the noun.)

 

[sky3120]

Thanks all the time for helping me with tricky questions and nowadays I am thinking what if I found this website earlier..