Inchoateknowledge Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
sentence analysis
The police questioned every person who lived in the neighbourhood.
The police questioned every person = coordinate clause.
'questioned' here is finite verb.
'The police' = subject
'every person' = object, and noun phrase
'every' = adjective (noun qualifier)
'who lived in the neighbourhood' = subordinate clause
'who' = relative pronoun
'lived' = finite verb,
'in the neighbourhood' = prepositional phrase
'the neighbourhood' = noun phrase
'neighbourhood' = noun,
How do we call the sentence element that answers the question: where?
My second question is: Do you agree with my statements?
The police questioned every person = coordinate clause.
'questioned' here is finite verb.
'The police' = subject
'every person' = object, and noun phrase
'every' = adjective (noun qualifier)
'who lived in the neighbourhood' = subordinate clause
'who' = relative pronoun
'lived' = finite verb,
'in the neighbourhood' = prepositional phrase
'the neighbourhood' = noun phrase
'neighbourhood' = noun,
How do we call the sentence element that answers the question: where?
My second question is: Do you agree with my statements?
Top answer
Coordinate clause? What is your definition of this term? Adverbs of place answer the question where?
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Coordinate clause? What is your definition of this term?
Adverbs of place answer the question where?
Except for coordinate clause, I agree with you on the analysis.
CJ
Adverbs of place answer the question where?
Except for coordinate clause, I agree with you on the analysis.
CJ
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This is the definition of a coordinate clause. Does it fit with your example above?
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A coordinate clause is a clause belonging to a series of two or more clauses which | |
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