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Adverbial clauses of manner characterize the action or some other aspect of the situation denoted in the principal clause. They may refer to a verb, a verbal, an adjective or anadverb in the principal clause. Adverbial clauses of manner are introduced by the conjunction as.
He could do it as no one else could have done.
In their meaning adverbial clauses of manner are very close to the adverbial clauses of comparison.
Adverbial Clauses of Comparison
Adverbial clauses of comparison denote an action or a state with which the action, the state or the manner of the action of the principal clause are compared.
They are introduced by the conjunctions: than, as, as … as, not so... as, as if, as though.
I wish I could make you as happy as you make me.
But at last, raising herself from the sofa with difficulty, as though she had had an illness and were still weak, she found her feet.
Adverbial Clauses of Result
Adverbial clauses of result denote the result of the action, or state expressed in the principal clause.
They are introduced by the conjunctions so that or that. In the second case the adverb so or the demonstrative pronoun such is used in the principal clause.
It was so hot that nobody wanted to do anything.
It was such a hot day that nobody wanted to do anything.
THE COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE
It is a sentence which consists of two or more coordinate clauses one of which at least includes one or several subordinate clauses,
There was a song in every heart; and if the heart was young the music issued at the lips.
THE COMPLEX SENTENCE WITH HOMOGENEOUS SUBORDINATE CLAUSES
It is a sentence which consists of a principal clause and two or more subordinate clauses.
The details were vague, for neither my uncle nor my aunt knew anything of business matters, nor had I the knowledge to make what they told me comprehended.
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FORMAL INDICATORS OF SUBORDINATION
CLASSIFICATION OF CONNECTORS
| TYPES OF SUBORDINATE CLAUSES | CONJUNCTIONS | CONNECTIVES | |||
| CONJUNCTIVE | RELATIVE | ||||
| PRON | ADV | PRON | ADV | ||
| SUBJECT CLAUSE | That, if, whether | Who, what, which, whoever, whatever | Where, when, how, why, wherever whenever | ||
| PREDICATIVE CLAUSES | That, if, whether, as if | Who, which, what | Where, when, how, why | ||
| OBJECT CLAUSES | That, if, whether | Who, what, which, whoever, whatever, whichever | Where, when, how, why | ||
| ATTRIBUTIVE CLAUSES | That, whether | Who, whose, which, that | Where when, how, why | ||
| ADVERBIAL CLAUSES OF TIME | When, while, as, whenever, till, until, as soon as, as long as, since, after, before, now that | ||||
| OF PLACE | Where, wherever | ||||
| OF CAUSE | As, because, for, for fear (that), for the reason (that) | ||||
| OF PURPOSE | That, in order that, so that, lest | ||||
| OF CONDITION | If, unless, in case, suppose, on condition that, provided that | ||||
| OF CONCESSION | Though, although, not-withstanding that, in spite of the fact that | Whoever, whatever, whichever | No matter how, however | ||
| OF RESULT | So that | ||||
| OF MANNER | As | ||||
| OF COMPARISON | Than, as, as…as, not so …as, as if, as though |
