Sabtu, 07 April 2012

Adverb Clause and Preposition


Adverb Clause
     a)      Because it was hot, we went swimming.
     b)      We went swimming because it was hot.
An adverb clause may precede or follow an independent clause.
Punctuation: a comma is used if the adverb clause comes first.
Preposition
    c)      Because of the hot weather, we went swimming.
    d)      We went swimming because of the hot weather.
A preposition is followed by a noun object, not by a subject and verb.
Punctuation: a comma is usually used if the prepositional phrase precedes the subject and verb of the independent clause.



a)      It was such good coffee that I had another cup.
b)      It was such a foggy day that we couldn’t see the road.

Such ... that encloses a modified noun :
Such + adjectives + noun + that
c)      The coffee is so hot that I can’t drink.
d)      I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse.
e)      She speaks so fast that I can’t understand her.
f)       He walked so quickly that I couldn’t keep up with him.

So ... that encloses an adjective or adverb :
         adjectives
So +       or          + that
           adverb
g)      She made so many mistakes that she failed the exam.
h)      He has so few friends that he is always lonely.
i)        She has so much money that she can buy whatever she wants.
j)        He had so little trouble with the test that he left twenty minutes early.


So ... that is used with many, few, much and little.

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