14. Dependent Clauses. English Grammar Lesson

Yossarian the Grammarian takes on dependent clauses, showing that they function as if they were nouns (nominal clauses), adverbs (subordinate clauses), or adjectives (relative clauses).

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[ddsharper]

7:27 did you say that last sentence is functioning as an adverb? modifying person?

[mrthoth]

@ddsharper Thanks for your comment--participial phrases always function as adjectives, not adverbs. "Who owns stock" answers the question "which person" ("the one who owns stock--that's which person"). Things that answer "which" questions are adjectival. Adverbs answer questions about how, when, where, and why things happen.

[regan4000]

@mrthoth I think you just made an honest mistake at 7:27. You state that because "whom you know" answers 'which person', it is an adjectival subordinate clause. You then say that "who owns stock" is answering 'which person', but is actually functioning as an adverb.

Was that just a slip of the tongue, or am I missing something?

Thanks! Awesome video as always.

[mrthoth]

@regan4000 Right. I should have said "who owns stock" is functioning as an adjective.

[jonnybik12]

Is "left," in the last sentense, a subjective complement?

[mrthoth]

@jonnybik12 "Left" is the main verb ("has left" is the whole verb phrase).

[garotobossanova]

Thank you teacher!!

[mskothlow]

Please post more!!!

[1966gopackgo]

wow this video sucks who cares about that crap

[MosesMyPeople]

Thank you so much! I was having quite a bit of trouble doing my work until I saw your video!

[McLarryson]

@mrthoth, why can't the question be asked "what person" as opposed to "which person?"

[ddsharper]

@mrthoth thank you.

[Myrtone]

How about 'Is it that the British are coming?' In English the sentence the British are coming can be made subordinate simply by adding a subordinating conjunction in front, so '...that the British are coming.' But this is not necessarily the case in other languages. For example consider the German sentence 'Die Britische kommen jetzt' and '...dass die Britishce jetzt kommen.'

[Flawhound]

Thank you for your consistently clear and emphatic teaching.