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The complex sentences - Coggle Diagram
The complex sentences
Verbless Clauses
Verbless clauses can also, on occasion, be treated as reductions of non-finite clauses:
Eg: Too nervous to reply, he stared at the floor.(Being too nervous to reply…)
verbless clause itself contains a non-finite clause,the subject is often introduced by with:
Eg: With the tree now tall, we get more shade
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finine, non-finite and verbless clauses
Finite clause:is whose V element is a finite verb phrase. eg: because i am working, I ...
verbless clauses; contain no V element. eg: Nga, the in Ha Noi, she...
non-finite:is whose V element is a non- finite verb phrase. . eg: Having seen the opictures, she...
Structural ' deficiencies ' of non - finite clauses The absence of the finite verb from non - finite clauses means that they have no distinctions of person , number , oi modal auxiliary
eg:To be an administrator is to have the worst job is the world(( For a person to be ... ). The prospects are not very good , to be honest C ... I am to be honest " )