Clause, phrase and sentence
The basic unit of English grammar is the clause:
[An unlucky student almost lost a 17th century violin worth almost £200,000]
[when he left it in the waiting room of a London station.]
[William Brown inherited the 1698 Stradivarius violin from his mother]
[and had just had it valued by a London dealer at £180,000.]
Clauses are made up of phrases:
[An unlucky student] + [almost lost] + [a 17th century violin worth almost £200,000]
[when] + [he] + [left] + [it] + [in the waiting room of a London station.]
[William Brown] + [inherited] + [the 1698 Stradivarius violin] + [from his mother]
[and] [had just had it valued] + [by a London dealer] + [at £180,000.]
We can join two or more clauses together to make sentences.
An unlucky student almost lost a 17th century violin worth almost £200,000 when he left it in the waiting room of a London station.
William Brown inherited the 1698 Stradivarius violin from his mother and had just had it valued by a London dealer at £180,000.
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Hello marcello_carvalho!
Remember that the past tense of cost is irregular - it's just cost. Here, the building was paid for in the past, so we use the past tense for cost.
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Jeremy Bee
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I want to know the about the setting of story. Like for example; Hyperbole, Conflict,etc.
Can anyone help me with my favor.
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".........had just had it valued". what sort of construction is it?
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Hello Guys,
I have a questions regarding immigrate and emigrate. I've search those words in Cambridge Dictionary Online and found these results below.
immigrate
verb /ˈɪm.ɪ.greɪt/ [I]
Definition
to come to live in a different country
He immigrated with his parents in 1895, and grew up in Long Island.
(Definition of immigrate verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
emigrate
verb /ˈem.ɪ.greɪt/ [I]
Definition
to leave a country permanently and go to live in another one
Millions of Germans emigrated from Europe to America in the nineteenth century.
Thousands of Britons emigrate every year.
Is the two different in the length of stay? The former relates to a temporary situation and the latter being permanent.
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Jay