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| LicoricePlease | Date: Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013, 7:03 PM | Message # 1 |
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| This thread is for more complex things than "adverb in front, adjective/preposition in back". Someone brings us an example, we work out the word/phrase order, then maybe other suggest examples under the new rule so that we can find exceptions or just plain get used to the rule.
So first example:
"He didn't wait for her to move to go down the slide" in English is also "He didn't wait to go down the slide for her to move". Let's break it down:
(he) - noun phrase, subject
[didn't wait to go down the slide] - verb phrase 1
[to move] - verb phrase 2
(for her to move) - preposition phrase.
The question is whether or not we can split verb phrase 1 or even if it's preferable to split it.
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| StrangerComeKnocking | Date: Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013, 7:57 PM | Message # 2 |
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| Maybe it could be...
"He didn't wait for her to move...that he went down the slide."
But I don't think that could be applied to all instances.
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| LicoricePlease | Date: Wednesday, 01 May 2013, 1:26 AM | Message # 3 |
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| Maybe we could have another conjunction altogether?
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| StrangerComeKnocking | Date: Wednesday, 01 May 2013, 7:25 AM | Message # 4 |
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| What would be the purpose of this conjunction? How would it work?
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| LicoricePlease | Date: Wednesday, 01 May 2013, 1:53 PM | Message # 5 |
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| It would separate the prepositional clause from the rest of the sentence. As for how it works, I can think of a few options:
"He didn't wait to go down the slide for her; [conj]she moved."
"He didn't wait to go down the slide; [conj]for her to move."
"He went down the slide and didn't wait for her; [conj]until she moved."
Can you think of any more options? We probably need a few constructions.
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