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# e couple who live next door have 16 grandchildren
# 6e 'ent to a restaurant which Jane recommended to us
# at& analysis:e cronicler 'o 'ises to %rip is audience must
supply tis information at te earliest possile moment+is air 'as cut
in a tic" frin%e over is eyes, 'ic ad dar" circles under
temNei%ours 'o ave arely seen eac oter all 'inter are tere, sa"in%
teir eads$omeone as produced empty metal drums, 'ic 'e roll to te
rid%e and set up in a s@are to "eep cars from
tryin% to crossAven 'en > see te rid%e no', 'ic > do every
day, > still can ima%ined te musroom, 'rin"led, lac", and i% as
a dinner plate, eruptin% overni%t mysteriously in tein%s< livin%
room>t must ave een tat terrile yello' plant > sa' pusin%
trou% te flood#damp soil near te lo% y in"er&ree"
e clotes mot, 'ose caterpillar eats 'ool, sometimes %oes into a
moltin% frenCy
Appositive clauses (N App. cl.)
# e elief tat no one is infallile is
# e sayin% tat asence ma"es te eart %ro' fonder
# e fatct tat e arrived late last ni%t is NP/et N *pp&l
*pp&l$u $ D $& $utat
. e attempt to discover te lost sip failed
2 is last appeal, to join te movement, 'as 'ell received
-ing participial clauses - reduced relative clauses
# e man ('o 'ritesE'o is) 'ritin% te oituaries is my friend
# 7i%t eind te road
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teir attempt to describe relative clauses in !nglish
e train to arrive neFt is from ri%ton
e time at which to arrive
PP postmodiiers (N PP)
tose 'aspli"e parasites 'ic deposit teir e%%s in te ody tissues
of caterpillars te siCe of a molecule
e orseair 'orm in the duc" pond, for instance, 'ri%%lin% so
serenely near te
surface, is te survivor of an impossible series of s#uea"y
escapes
a man li"e John
a road to $ara%evo
students with long hair
Passen%ers on board the ship
# e pleasure of your company (your company is a pleasure)
e ope 1of 1'innin% a priCe (G oped to 'in a priCe)
Postmodiying adver#s (N AdvP)Not numerous : ac", in, eind
Premodification
&ate%ories appearin% as premodifiers of nouns:
# *djectives,
# Participles
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