2014-09-04 Structure: adjective clauses

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Homework: p. 38 and 40
p. 38 exercise 2
2 'm going
3 'm taking ('m going to take, but use present prog.)
4 'm moving
5 'll mind/'m going to mind (prediction)
6 won't be able to use / isn't going to be able to use
7 'm seeing ('m going to see)
8 'm leaving ('m going to leave, leave)
9 'm arriving ('m going to arrive, arrive, 'll arrive)
10 'll write (promise) / 'm going to write (plan)

I'll talk to you later. = This is something I'm willing to do, I'm "promising" to do it, but we understand that it may be a weak promise or even an empty promise.

I'm going to talk to you later. = I already have a specific plan about talking to you later. I know what I want to say and when I want to call you.
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p. 40 exercise 5
What will I find when I get to America?
Will I be happy?
You won't make any real friends when you are there.
I'll find out
I'm going hiking / I'm going to go hiking
I'm going with / I'm going to go with
When I see her family, maybe I will understand more.
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1) No future tense in time clauses.
2) "Will" is not as common as you think. We only use it for predictions and decisions I make in the moment.
3) Very solid plans, with arrangements or a schedule, can be expressed with present tenses (progressive or simple).
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ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
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clause = a group of words with a subject and verb
adjective = a word that gives more information about a noun
adjective clause = a clause that gives info. about a noun

This is the book (that) I was telling you about.
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
John, who is married to Mary, just got a new job.
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's the restaurant where we first met each other.
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

John is the author. The author wrote that book.
-> John is the author who wrote that book.

The man (who) you met yesterday is an author.
(I can omit "who" because the adjective clause still has a subject, "you".)

ashamed alive afraid awake aboard (adjectives)
 shame	 live  fear   wake  board (verbs/nouns)

John is the author. I told you about his book.
-> John is the author whose book I told you about.
(John, whose book I told you about, is the author.)


subj	obj	possessive

I	me	my/mine
we	us	our(s)
you	you	your(s)
they	them	their(s)
she	her	her(s)
it	it	its
he	him	his
who	whom	whose


The neighbors are coming back from vacation.
I am taking care of their house.
-> The neighbors whose house I'm taking care of are coming back from vacation.
(no commas because we need this information to understand which neighbors I'm talking about)

Nancy's husband Jack is a good example.
Many people consider him a charismatic person.
-> Nancy's husband Jack, whom many people consider a charismatic person, is a good example.
(For informal conversation, "whom" is uncommon. Use "who".)
(commas because we don't need this information to understand which person I'm talking about, because I told you his name)
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Homework: p. 202-3 exercise 1A
          p. 203 exercise 2