KINDS OF CLAUSES

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KINDS OF CLAUSES

• RECOGNITION PRACTICE

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• IDENTIFY

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• MAJOR OR MINOR
• CLAUSES

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• SINGLE INDEPENDENT
• DEPENDENT IN A PARATACTIC
• OR
• HYPOTACTIC CLAUSE COMPLEX

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• FINITE
• OR
• NON-FINITE

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• ELLIPTICAL
• OR
• EMBEDDED

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• EMBEDDED
• PLUS
• FUNCTION

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• William had just gone away to London, and his
  mother missed his money.

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• Two paratactically related clauses

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• There is no significant difference in the
  ideational content of these two
• utterances.

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• Single clause

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• What a nice plant!

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• MINOR CLAUSE

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• If you want to learn it, you must begin.

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• Hypotactic clause complex
• Clause 1 dependent,
• Clause 2 independent

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• It is clear that there is always a
  difference.

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• Single clause, with Finite clause introduced
  by that as real postponed Subject. This is a
  case of anticipatory it

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• Mrs Morel talked again to Paul, who was
  helping her with her housework.

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• Hypotactic Clause Complex, with Clause 1 as
  main clause and Clause 2 as dependent clause of
  elaboration.

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• Do you enjoy making sounds?

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• Single clause with embedded clause as C DO

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• At Christmas, people buy their kids more
  gaming, entertainment-based items.

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• Single clause

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• What is beautiful is also in some respects
  ugly.

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• Single clause with embedded finite clause as
  Subject

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• They took what they wanted.

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• Single clause with embedded clause as C DO

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• Throw it away or give it to your sister.

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• Paractactic clause complex

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• Not any more.

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• Elliptical (recoverable from context)

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• It isnt surprising that Aristotle appealed
  to such principles.

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• Single clause with embedded that finite
  clause as Subject, real postponed Subject. The
  clause has anticipatory it