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... clause , or by the use of a noun in the possessive case . But a subordinate clause is not an adjective , though it may be so used as to have the force of an adjective , and squire's is a noun in the possessive case , though it limits ...
... clause , or by the use of a noun in the possessive case . But a subordinate clause is not an adjective , though it may be so used as to have the force of an adjective , and squire's is a noun in the possessive case , though it limits ...
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... clause introduced by that limits the application of the noun to one of the number . But I cannot say ' My mother that is abroad is ill , ' because the restrictive that would suggest that I have more mothers than one , which is absurd ...
... clause introduced by that limits the application of the noun to one of the number . But I cannot say ' My mother that is abroad is ill , ' because the restrictive that would suggest that I have more mothers than one , which is absurd ...
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... clause . Thus we may say Error ( Noun ) It ( Pronoun ) To err ( Infinitive ) That one should err ( Noun - clause ) is human . When we make an assertion about a thing , we are said in grammatical language to predicate something about the ...
... clause . Thus we may say Error ( Noun ) It ( Pronoun ) To err ( Infinitive ) That one should err ( Noun - clause ) is human . When we make an assertion about a thing , we are said in grammatical language to predicate something about the ...
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... clause . ' He came when , ' ' I waited while , ' ' They are sitting where , ' are meaningless assertions until the ... clauses together . Hence they are called Conjunctive Adverbs . The reader will observe that in possessing this ...
... clause . ' He came when , ' ' I waited while , ' ' They are sitting where , ' are meaningless assertions until the ... clauses together . Hence they are called Conjunctive Adverbs . The reader will observe that in possessing this ...
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... clauses : e.g. and , but , either ... or , neither ... nor . ( 2 ) Subordinating Conjunctions join a dependent . clause to the principal clause : e.g. that , after , till , because , though , if . 205. The reader must now prepare ...
... clauses : e.g. and , but , either ... or , neither ... nor . ( 2 ) Subordinating Conjunctions join a dependent . clause to the principal clause : e.g. that , after , till , because , though , if . 205. The reader must now prepare ...
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