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This section is devoted to sentences that more or less stumped me.
Comparatives The further away from civilization that you get, the better off you are. --from a student's paper
Main Clause and Word-Count He also volunteers as a firefighter and as an emergency medical technician which puts him in contact with people, but in a much different way. --from a student's paper
Count as two main clauses at "but": "but *it does so* in a much different way. Subordinate Clauses However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters. -- from the opening of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
In the self-instructional course, I counted the "however" clause as an adverbial, but I'm not comfortable with that. [Consider adding conjunctive adverbs as a required KISS construction?] Semi-Reduced Subordinate Clauses "The rugged simplicity of a 1971 BMW R75/5 make [SIC] them an ideal motorcycle for the working class or the serious motorcycle rider as opposed to a 1999 Harley Davidson." -from a student's paper
"As [=When] *it is* opposed ...] , or ignore the "as"??? and "opposed" becomes a gerundive modifying R75/5?Whenever his fire company's tone goes off he is out the door like a flash. Emergency or not, he likes to help other people. -from a student's paper
Reduction of "*Whether there is an* emergency or not," |