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2014-11-07 Structure: adverb(ial) phrases

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  1. Greg Malivuk
  2. http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk
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  4. Homework: p. 331 exercise 3 (finish at home if you haven't)
  5. p. 333 exercise 5
  6. (optional: p. 340-341 reading)
  7.  
  8. p. 331 exercise 3
  9. 2 Though Greek...each other, Olympic contestants...games.
  10. 3 When the ancient...Theodosius, they had been held...years.
  11. (By the time, Before)
  12. 4 He outlawed...393 because Romans thought...clothes.
  13. 5 ...revived the Olympics because he thought...
  14. 6 ...Olympics in 1920 because American and British...
  15. (after / when)
  16. 7 ...demonstration events before they are adopted...
  17. 8 ...become a medal event if it can be scored...
  18. outlaw (v): to make something illegal
  19. medal/metal/meddle/mettle
  20.  
  21. p. 333 exercise 5
  22. - positive because they give
  23. - After you play (no future tense in time/condition clauses)
  24. - Whenever their team wins
  25. - when their team loses
  26. - positive because they allow
  27. - If a young basketball player from a small village
  28. - Although school sports programs
  29. ---
  30. When John got home, he cooked dinner.
  31. When he got home, John cooked dinner.
  32. John cooked dinner when he got home.
  33. (In all of these it's clear that "he" = "John".)
  34.  
  35. * He cooked dinner when John got home.
  36. (In this sentence we think "He" is another man, not John.)
  37.  
  38. Do not put third-person pronouns (he, she, it, they) in the main clause if the main clause is first.
  39. ---
  40. I ordered dinner before I got home.
  41. -> I ordered dinner before getting home.
  42.  
  43. I ordered dinner before you got home.
  44. (subjects are different, so we can't reduce this one)
  45.  
  46. The phone rang while I was watching TV.
  47. * The phone rang while watching TV.
  48. (This is a "dangling modifier".)
  49.  
  50. When I got home, I ordered dinner.
  51. -> On/Upon getting home, I ordered dinner.
  52. (If "when" means "just after", change to "on" or "upon".)
  53. ---
  54. While I was watching TV, I ate dinner. (adverb clause)
  55. While watching TV, I ate dinner. (adverb phrase)
  56. Watching TV, I ate dinner. (adverbial phrase)
  57. ---
  58. p. 346 exercise 1B
  59. 1 N - "Having spent" means it already happened in the past, but "Spending" means it's still happening.
  60. 2 Y
  61. 3 Y
  62. 4 N - shattering didn't happen before the shots
  63. 5 N - outdistancing didn't happen before taking off
  64. 6 Y
  65. 7 Y - both are passive = other people rushed him there
  66. 8 Y - implied conditional comes from "would"
  67. ---
  68. handout exercise 2
  69. 2 While attending classes...
  70. 3 After graduating from...
  71. 4 (no adverb clause)
  72. 5 ...before getting married,...
  73. 6 (When) traveling through Europe,...
  74. ---
  75. handout exercise 4
  76. 1 Not having brought mosquito netting, Tony was bitten...
  77. 2 Having fasted for a while, they were very thirsty.
  78. 3 Not having eaten for a long time, they were very hungry.
  79. Having finished all the food,...
  80. 4 Seeing a moose, Maria jumped in fright.
  81. 5 Not having a coat, Maria was shivering.
  82. 6 Not having brought cream, Tony developed a blister.
  83. ---
  84. Homework: p. 347 exercise 2, p. 350-351 exercise 4
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