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Outsider
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 Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject: Adjective phrase or what? |
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1. Having to squeeze in homework, exercise, dinner and bath before 9pm, evening time is always tight for Jack.
2. Having to squeeze homework, exercise in it, dinner and bath before 9pm, evening time is always tight for Jack.
Are there problems with these sentences?
#1 sounds OK to me; but, is �Having to squeeze in homework, exercise, dinner and bath before 9pm� an adjective phrase modifying Jack, or an adjective phrase modyfying "evening time is always tight for Jack"?
I am very confused. |
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buddhaheart
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| Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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#1 sounds fine. The participial phrase functions as an adjective phrase modifying Jack. If it modifies the whole claue (absolutely) �evening time is always tight for Jack�, the participial phrase becomes an adverb phrase.
You could see more clearly if you change the phrase to a full clause: Since he has to squeeze in homework, exercise, dinner and bath before 9pm, evening time is always tight for Jack. |
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Outsider
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| Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:13 am Post subject: |
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| buddhaheart wrote: |
You could see more clearly if you change the phrase to a full clause: Since he has to squeeze in homework, exercise, dinner and bath before 9pm, evening time is always tight for Jack. |
Hello buddhaheart, "Since he has to squeeze in homework, exercise, dinner and bath before 9pm" is an adverb clause, but "Having to squeeze in homework, exercise, dinner and bath before 9pm" is an adjective phrase, correct? |
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buddhaheart
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| Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:06 am Post subject: |
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"Since he has to squeeze in homework, exercise, dinner and bath before 9pm" is an adverb clause, but "Having to squeeze in homework, exercise, dinner and bath before 9pm" is an adjective phrase, correct? Yes.
We could still make it an adjective clause thus: Evening time is always tight for Jack who has to squeeze in homework, exercise, dinner and bath before 9pm. |
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Outsider
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| Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:29 am Post subject: |
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| Thank you very much! |
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