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EMBEDDED
CLAUSE
EMBEDDED CLAUSE:
Pronoun in embedded clause take the case dictated by their
function in the embedded clause, not by their position in the
main clause.
Example:
1.We all love whoever gives cheerfully anf freely.
2.In traditional Muslim communities , girls are married off to
whomever their family choose.
3.Is he the officer whom you said I should report to?
EMBEDDED CLAUSE
The pronoun who and whoever generally follow the
same rules. However, when these begin the sentences
in the informal register, as in conversation or
advertisement, these are usually in the nominative
form regardless of the function in the sentences.
Example:
1.Who do you trust to be the leader free world and
president of U.S?
2.Who can you rely on full control of your
investment?
Embedded clause
However, advises the distinction between WHOM and
WHOMEVER in formal writing, especially in academic
papers.
Example:
1.Whom should this community development project
benefits?
2.There is a need to adress the dislocation of
whomever the revised policy statement on the settlers
affects.
Embedded clause
A variation involving different cases is possible for
clauses embedded in sentences with verb like think,
feel, consider,like,want, etc.., with the embedded verb
in the infinitives.
Example:
Matrix: The judge thought______.
Insert: She is pretty.
RESULT: The judge thought her to b pretty.
The judge thought (that) she id pretty.
Embedded clause
Another example:
Matrix: Do you want ______?
Insert: We girls go hunting.
Result:
Do you want that we girls go hunting?
Do you want us to go hunting?
Comparative with
AS or THAN
Complement (or
object) of the
preposition but and
like