IN the preceding chapter, we compared a bound modifier to an animal species that has already arrived at its evolutionary dead-end and a free relative modifier to a species that partakes of a wide gene ...
1. Relative clauses are “embedded” grammatical structures, contained inside other grammatical structures. 2. Relative clauses play a central role in English discourse. 3. Relative clause knowledge is ...
Modifying sentences containing relative clauses is no easy task! Because relative clauses play a central role in English discourse, modifying text can result in awkward or unnatural discourse. However ...