changing an adjective clause to an adjective phrase

[mrluke824a]

Excuse me. But how about some adjective clauses which are not in present continuous tense?

e.g. The ruler that I have just lost is a blue one.

Can the adjective clause "that I have lost" simplify into an adjective phrase (The ruler) "lost" (is a blue one)?

e.g. The boy who always helps me lives next to me.

Can the adjective clause "who always helps me" change into an adjective phrase "always helping me"?

[asubakumar]

How to convert this example into adjective phrase?  My Aunt is a professional interior decorator.

[2011rhythmdivine]

Wow, quite clearly explained and examples are ample.

[able296]

hello teacher !! i have example such as : the man who visted my grandma is my uncle (like this)

====> the man visting (or visted ) my ..... uncle . when we have the verb in past simple in adj clause sentence then we change it to adj phrase . we change the verb -ing or v-ed . thanks sir

[jennhsg]

i have a question, because i got confused

is it necessary that a adj, phr. begins with a preposition????

[learnamericanenglish]

@jennhsg - No, you can use an "ing" word, too. Watch the beginning of the video.

[zonnielau]

@jennhsg not necessary

[usmanali47]

thank you from pakistan

[gelox32]

Very good lesson indeed, I like the way is explained... very clear and are enough examples to soak well the thing ... thank you from Mexico

[wscastello]

I always used the adjective phrase thinking it was a verb and wondering why it was like this. Much clarified now! Thank you.

[Nati88able]

Thank you a lot! It's more easy to understand the grammar when i watch your lessons. It's great what you do. Thanks for your help! I'm really happy to find your lessons!

[Nicola72av]

That's a beautiful lesson!

Thanks a lot, dear teacher! :)

[elliehs]

Great...thanks a lot

[alcon2525]

thank you teacher to help us.your videos are very important ,i have learned a lot of words and phrases thank you for everything

[alcon2525]

thank you teacher to help us when we need to learn some different words,i have learned a lot of words and phrases in your videos thank you for everything

[rivosuoth]

Teacher, I want to ask a question.

In my country, the use of adj clause or adj phrase makes people confused, sometimes the speaker get confused too. Does it happen in English?

For example take a look at 4:54. Could "on spring break" be thought of as Adverb so, the sentence goes like this, On spring break, all of students are coming back this week. I mean since to me this is confusing both in my language and in English, is it so for English speakers? In my language we call it as ambiguity.

[learnamericanenglish]

@rivosuoth - Well, "on spring break" describes who the students are, so the sentence you created has a different meaning. Some of the students might not be on spring break. I could say, "The students not on spring break this week are attending classes," or.... The students who are not on spring break this week are attending classes.

[MrKRINFO]

Your videos and explainations are very helpful, thank you for that.

[EgleFig]

Spring break? Teacher, I never heard about that here. So, adjective phrase is popular but I think that is still hard to get. Anyway, you made easy to understand what is the word describing the subject. I guess I got it. Thank you. (I'd love to know how many breaks you have there)

[altus65]

Your videos are so helpful. Thanks.

[lucreciaxb]

Thank you dear Teacher!!!!

[hisakoevans]

Would you please help me with following sentence?

What did exist was called “political economy,” indicating that it was part of national policy more than anything else and that it concerned such subjects as taxes, public debts, and foreign trade.

Could you explain to me about “indicating”? I know it’s a present participle. Is this reduction of some kind?

Thanks.

[learnamericanenglish]

@hisakoevans - Hi Hisako. I believe that would be called a "present participle phrase,' but in the example you present I might also say that it's an appositive which describes "political economy" and begins with a gerund, "indicating." I try not to get too hung up on the terms used to describe grammar. Some people make a big deal out of it, but I think it's more important to look at the examples. Perhaps I should make a video for appositives.

[DOHC2L]

@hisakoevans "What did exist was called “political economy,” indicating that it was part of national policy more than anything else and that it concerned such subjects as taxes, public debts, and foreign trade."

I've corrected your statement...

What was called "political economy" indicated national policy more than anything else, concerning subjects such as taxes, public debts, and foreign trade.

Cheers

[bladilu]

yeah, this is very common. thanks Professor

[gelox32]

Very useful teacher thank you

[hauserrer]

Another grand video of yours! To begin with, I am from Germany and I also learned how to use this sentence structure. However, our teacher told us that a sentence structure like this is called "participle structure" , but she never mentioned the term "adjective phrase ". So I think it would be a great idea to add something like "(partciple structure)" at the end of the name of the video so that each and every student of the English language can find this video.

have a nice day

[VelSnyX]

That was such a cool lesson teacher Paul , thanks a lot . In portuguese we use the adjective clause more often but the adjetive phrase is also used as well . Once again , thank you for another amazing lesson.

[vhromero]

Nice work Teacher! When we translate literally from Spanish to English, we always use Adjective Clause form. Thanks!