practical grammar
5/ Predicate – the 2nd principal part of the sentence which expresses an action, state or quallity of a person or thing, expressed by the subject.
The adverbal clause
The adv cl erform the function of the adv mod
It can modifie a V an adj or an adv in principle clause
There are several types of adv cl: of time, place,cause/reason, perpose,condition,consecion,result,manner comparison
They are usualy joined with the pr cl by means of sub-g conj
There is no usualy asyndetical coordination, exept the adv cl of condition
If the adv cl preceeds the sub-te cl it is usualy separated by comma
If it follows no comma is used
If the pr cl is separated by the adv cl 2 commas are used
Conjunctions
1/ denoting time (when,while,whenever,as,til,untill,as soon as,as long as,since,after,before,now,that
Adb: sceriously,hardly,no sooner)
==it was a long time since I had phoned him; hardly he had opened the door(when the telephone rang)
2/ place (where, wherever) ==I’m quite comfortable wherer I am.
3/ cause/reason (as,because,since,for fear “that”-из страха что) (on the grand that, for the reason that.)
==he is very angry (since he hasn’t slept well)
4/ perpose (that,in oder that, so that,lest-чтобы не)
== I spoke in a very low voice, (lest he heard anything)
5/ condition (if,unless,supose,in case, in condition that,provided)
Mau be joined with a pr cl asyndeticaly and in these case we observe inversion in the sub cl
==1. I will do anything (provided I can do it)
==2. (if you were fear) I would come to visit you
6/ concesion (though,although,as,no matter how, however,whoever, whatever, whichever, not with standing that, in spite of the fact that)
==I enjoy the party, (though it was very nice)
7/result (so that)
We usualy separeted by commas. Sometimes the adv cl of R may have the additional meaning of degree.
In these case the adv – so and the prN such are used in the pr cl and there are no commas
==1. It was dark, (so that there was nobody in the
The adverbal clause
The adv cl erform the function of the adv mod
It can modifie a V an adj or an adv in principle clause
There are several types of adv cl: of time, place,cause/reason, perpose,condition,consecion,result,manner comparison
They are usualy joined with the pr cl by means of sub-g conj
There is no usualy asyndetical coordination, exept the adv cl of condition
If the adv cl preceeds the sub-te cl it is usualy separated by comma
If it follows no comma is used
If the pr cl is separated by the adv cl 2 commas are used
Conjunctions
1/ denoting time (when,while,whenever,as,til,untill,as soon as,as long as,since,after,before,now,that
Adb: sceriously,hardly,no sooner)
==it was a long time since I had phoned him; hardly he had opened the door(when the telephone rang)
2/ place (where, wherever) ==I’m quite comfortable wherer I am.
3/ cause/reason (as,because,since,for fear “that”-из страха что) (on the grand that, for the reason that.)
==he is very angry (since he hasn’t slept well)
4/ perpose (that,in oder that, so that,lest-чтобы не)
== I spoke in a very low voice, (lest he heard anything)
5/ condition (if,unless,supose,in case, in condition that,provided)
Mau be joined with a pr cl asyndeticaly and in these case we observe inversion in the sub cl
==1. I will do anything (provided I can do it)
==2. (if you were fear) I would come to visit you
6/ concesion (though,although,as,no matter how, however,whoever, whatever, whichever, not with standing that, in spite of the fact that)
==I enjoy the party, (though it was very nice)
7/result (so that)
We usualy separeted by commas. Sometimes the adv cl of R may have the additional meaning of degree.
In these case the adv – so and the prN such are used in the pr cl and there are no commas
==1. It was dark, (so that there was nobody in the