Tech Reading

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Tech Reading

• ME 8175, Fall 2006
• Dr. C.M. Hsiung

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Lesson 7

• Reduced Sentence
• Noun Clause (I)

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Reduced Noun Clause

• Noun Clause
• That NC
• Wh NC
• Principles of Reduction
• 1. omit the Subject
• 2. omit the Be verb
• 3. omit the Conjunction

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That NC

• After omission the be verb becomes
• Ving, Ven, or to V
• Ven cant be a Noun
• Ving form can function as
• Subject
• Object
• Complement
• Apposition

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Ving Form

• As Subject
• That I drink wine with friends is my great
  enjoyment.
• ?That I am drinking wine with friends is my
  great enjoyment.
• ?Drinking wine with friends is my great
  enjoyment.

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Ving Form (cont.)

• As Object
• Many husbands enjoy that they do the cooking.
• ?Many husbands enjoy that they are doing the
  cooking.
• ?Many husbands enjoy doing the cooking.

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Ving Form (cont.)

• As Object
• He got used to something.
• He worked late into the night.
• ?He got used to that he worked late into the
  night. (X to is a preposition)
• ?He got used to that he was working late into
  the night.
• ?He got used to working late into the night.

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Ving Form (cont.)

• As Complement
• His favorite pastime is that he goes fishing on
  weekends.
• ?His favorite pastime is that he is going
  fishing on weekends.
• ?His favorite pastime is going fishing on
  weekends.

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Ving Form (cont.)

• Special case Be verb
• That one is a teacher requires a lot of
  patience.
• ?A teacher requires a lot of patience. (X)
• different meaning
• ?That one is being a teacher requires a lot of
  patience.
• ?Being a teacher requires a lot of patience.

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Ving Form (cont.)

• Special case Be verb
• That he was busy is no excuse for the
  negligence.
• ?Busy is no excuse for the negligence. (X)
• adj cant be subject
• ?That he was being busy is no excuse for the
  negligence.
• ?Being busy is no excuse for the negligence.

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Ving Form (cont.)

• Different Subject dont omit
• I imagined that a beautiful girl was singing to
  me.
• I ! a beautiful girl
• ?I imagined singing to me. (X)
• ?I imagined a beautiful girl singing to me.

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Ving Form (cont.)

• Different Subject another example
• That he calls my girlfriend everyday is too
  much for me.
• ?Calling my girlfriend everyday is too much for
  me. (X different meaning)
• ?His calling my girlfriend everyday is too much
  for me.

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Reading Assignment 7

• Page 335-341 of the text

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Homework 7

• Read your semester-articles
• Identify all reduced ving-NC
• Transform back to un-reduced NC
• Give Chinese translation
• Type one sentence per line

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The End