Thursday, July 11, 2013

Grammar #22: Count the adjective clauses in the following note (due Sunday)

I want to tell you about the students of 5C, D and E, several of whom are absolutely outstanding, and some of whom--but not many of whom--are on the lazy side.

How do I define an outstanding student? An outstanding student is someone who keeps up with the homework, asks good questions in class, and tries really hard to incorporate each lesson in their daily English usage. In addition, an outstanding student is an individual that takes the class seriously, which means that he or she attends every day or nearly every day.

This leads me to your blog work. I have noticed that its quite incomplete, which means that some of the students, many of whom used to do their work on time, are not doing so. In fact, for assignment #17 on reported speech, which was due last Monday, I see only 6 responses, several of which are incorrect.

I'm not sure what to do about this problem, none of which is my fault. Do any of you have some advice for me?

Question for you: How many adjective clauses can you find in the above note?

15 comments:

  1. I see 10. where is the hidden one which I can not see Ali? :)

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  2. 1. several of whom are absolutely outstanding,
    2.some of whom--not many of whom--are on the lazy side.
    3. someone who keeps up with the homework,
    4. that takes the class seriously
    5. which means that he or she attends every day
    6. that its quite incomplete
    7. which means that
    8. some of the students
    9. many of whom used to do their work on time
    10. which was due last Monday
    11. several of which are incorrect.
    12. none of which is my fault

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    1. 6. noun clause, not adjective clause (object of the verb "notice")

      8. not an adjective clause

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  3. I believe that there are 11 adjective clauses

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  4. Aliyah and Omar are correct. There are 10 adjective clauses above.

    "some of whom--but not many of whom--are on the lazy side"
    This is just one clause--two clause words with one verb.

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