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Advanced English Grammar: Multi-Clause Sentences (Embedded Clauses)
It’s time to take your English to the next level! Complex writing makes use of multiple clauses in its sentences, which means that a sentence can place clauses inside other clauses. We call theseembedded clauses. This shouldn’t be confusing once you understand the function of each part of the sentence. In this advanced English grammar lesson, we’ll learn how to break down sentences into their individual clauses and see how each functions to deliver the writer’s message clearly. You’ll learn how to identify and understand the relationships between independent and dependent clauses, including noun clauses, adjective clauses, and adverb clauses. I told you this was going to take you to the next level!
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Good, but a little difficult.
It is quite advanced and really practice, thank you Adam.
Dear Mr. Adam, thank you for this very interesting lesson. Your sentences remember me of my school time when I learnt Latin as a young pupil. I wonder, if these are even good English academic style. In my mother tongue such nested sentences would sound awfully.
I think that parsing of such complicated sentences is just a pure theory. When you want to translate sentences like you gave, what you should have is your intuition and a little bit of English grammar (for example about making If-clauses).
Isn’t there in the quiz a mistake? In the sentence “Athletes who are the best in their respective sports get not only a high salary but also sponsorships that can earn them millions more.”, Athelets get not only a high salary but also sponsorships is the independent clause. That’s why get is verb of the independent clause (not are; are is the verb of the adjective-clause ” who are tge best in their..”).
In the ninth question, I think that the independent clause is “Athletes get not only…”
Are is the verb of “who are the best…”, and this clause is an adjectival clause.
I enjoyed reading and understanding the sentences even though I don’t have the ability to analyze the nested relationships in the sentences. Your classes are always a pleasure. Thanks Adam.
I think the answer to question nine is athletes + get. “Are” is the verb of “who are the best in their respective sports,” which is an adjective clause.