It seems that....(a subject clause or predicative clause?)
2021年8月16日 · You may call It seems a "subject clause" because in English, by default, the "subject" comes before the "predicate." But It seems is not a "subject clause" in terms of meaning. The verb "seems" is largely empty of meaning, except in the sense of "doubt;" however, the "doubt" is expressed not by the verb itself but by the that-clause that follows.
"It seems (to me) that" ， predicative or subject clause
2013年7月14日 · Aug 21, 2013. #1. "It seems (to me) that" , predicative or subject clause ？. "It seems (to me) that" is considered （as）a predicative clause in my textbook,but some teacher told me it's a subject clause ,cause the origional pattern …
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Nov 17, 2016. #3. ridgemao said: " the 2nd-class technician " is the subject in the underlined sentence, is it correct to put a subject after " let alone " ? Yes. The normal way to phrase this would be: "...let alone a 2nd-class technician." Adding "to solve the problem" isn't useful or normal here, and I think you should forget the clause.
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2020年8月22日 · c3)Has it been sold out what were stolen by? [I was told that a nominal relative clause cannot be put this way,but can it be put in the middle of the sentence like c2 ?] I think a4 and b1 are wrong. Can you help me to understand the rule when using Multiple subject clauses,which could be two interrogatives or declarative sentence or two
Die beiden zu sehen war nicht so einfach - WordReference Forums
2024年10月25日 · Beispiel: Die beiden zu sehen war nicht so einfach, weil es neblig war. 'Die beiden zu sehen' = der Anblick der beiden (subject) war nicht so einfach (predicate) (z.B.) ,weil es neblig war = wegen des Nebels ('complement of cause'/Ursachen-Ergänzung). It is difficult for me to identify a subject clause with a subordinate clause.
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2012年11月3日 · Examples: 1) It is vital that I be kept informed. (subjunctive) 2) It is vital that I am kept informed. (indicative) 3) It is vital that I should be kept informed. (mandative should) All three patterns exist, although 3) is not used in AE as often as it is in BE. Last edited: Nov 4, 2012.
Subject clause: She is exactly who I saw at the station.
2013年5月29日 · Senior Member. Maumelle, Arkansas, USA. USA English. May 29, 2013. #13. I think "She is exactly who I saw at the station" is a valid sentence, but it seems odd in the given context. You don't really mean to be talking about who she is but about whether you saw her at the station, and if you do, there would be no reason for the word "exactly".
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English - London. May 27, 2013. #3. Yes, but.... It may or may not be understood the way you intend. If someone said "can I ask you about where you work?" I might think they wanted clarification about the address of my place of work, or similar. I might consider it a challenge to identify my place of work rathe rthan to describe that place.
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2017年10月22日 · The noun clause, whether we are going to buy a new car, which is an embedded question, is acting as an object here. Whether we are going to buy a new car is no business of yours. Whether we buy a new car is still to be decided. Here the noun clause is the subject of the sentence.
<Having finished the homework> made me quite relaxed. ['having …
2014年9月30日 · In general, putting a non-finite clause at the front is common in writing, but not much used in regular talk."Ing" clause used as a subject or object (traditionally called gerund) is a common feature of English across registers, but it seems best to take it as an exception to the general tendency in the use of non-finite clauses, coming from ...