Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Who's the subject of this sentence?
Most training is concerned with technique, for musicians have to have the muscular proficiency of an athlete or a ballet dancer.
-Sentence structure is confusing, why a "," seperate one sentence; or should second part be a sentence, who's the subject?
Students have to aim at controlling these sound with fanatical but selfless authority.
-So the authority is "fanatical" or "selfless"??
The third country after American revolution is Australia, which became a penal colony now that America was no longer available for prisoners and debtors.
-Is "now that" a phrase that has nothing to do with "now" as the verb is "became" in the sentence?
Thank you very much for whoever want to help here!!
-Sentence structure is confusing, why a "," seperate one sentence; or should second part be a sentence, who's the subject?
Students have to aim at controlling these sound with fanatical but selfless authority.
-So the authority is "fanatical" or "selfless"??
The third country after American revolution is Australia, which became a penal colony now that America was no longer available for prisoners and debtors.
-Is "now that" a phrase that has nothing to do with "now" as the verb is "became" in the sentence?
Thank you very much for whoever want to help here!!
Top answer
Most training is concerned with technique, for musicians have to have the muscular proficiency of an athlete or a ballet dancer. The word for in this sentence is a conjunction. It means because .
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Most training is concerned with technique, for musicians have to have the muscular proficiency of an athlete or a ballet dancer.
The word for in this sentence is a conjunction. It means because.
In the clause -musicians have to have the muscular proficiency of an athlete or a ballet dancer - the subject is musicians.
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The word for in this sentence is a conjunction. It means because.
In the clause -musicians have to have the muscular proficiency of an athlete or a ballet dancer - the subject is musicians.
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