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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread grammar #217586 07/10/2014 2:47 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Bazr enthusiast Bazr enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia adjectival clauses An adjectival clause is one which performs the function of an adjective. The old man fell down. (adjective) The man, who was very old, fell down. (adjectival clause) live in the moment Copy Link to Clipboard Re: grammar Bazr #217588 07/10/2014 2:56 AM Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,453 Likes: 9 London, UK A C Bowden Pooh-Bah A C Bowden Pooh-Bah Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,453 Likes: 9 London, UK The man with a sad face entered the room. (adjectival clause) The man, with a sad face, entered the room. (adverbial clause) Copy Link to Clipboard Re: grammar A C Bowden #217589 07/10/2014 3:06 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia Bazr enthusiast Bazr enthusiast Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 291 Victoria, Australia adverbial clauses An adverbial clause is one which performs the function of an adverb. The boat rocked dangerously. (adverb) The boat rocked when the sea was rough. (adverbial clause) live in the moment Copy Link to Clipboard Re: clauses Bazr #217607 07/10/2014 2:52 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh While the usage is established, I would not call them adverbial or adjectival clauses, in that they function differently from adverbs and adjectives in general. They tend to come after the noun they qualify. They also do not act like adverbs and adjectives. (No comparative or superlative forms. etc.) I would go with Huddleston & Pullum's (Cambridge Grammar of the English Language) terminology and just call them complements and adjuncts, Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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