| Question 35: I find the subordinations are very confusing. I can hardly tell what function a subordinate clause plays in a whole sentence so I often make mistakes while deciding which conjunction to choose. Can you give me some advice? Answer: A complex sentence contains at least two clauses: a main clause and a subordinate clause. A subordinate clause, which is dependent on the main clause for its meaning, may function in a sentence as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun. 1). An adjective clause (also called a relative or attributive clause) usually begins with a pronoun, such as who, whom, whose, that, which, where or , when, and immediately follows the noun or pronoun which it describes. 2). An adverb clause begins with an adverbial conjunction, such as because, although, if or while, and if frequently found at the beginning or the end of a sentence. 3). A noun clause begins with the word that or a question word, such as why, what, or how, and can function in a sentence in any of the ways that a noun can. 问题35: 我觉得从句很难。因为不能理解从句在整个句子中的作用，所以我经常不能正确地选择合适的关系词。您能给我一些建议吗？ 回答: 英语各类从句可以归纳为三大类。第一类是形容词（定语）从句。它们一般由关系代词“who, which，that”，关系副词“where，when，which，that”，关系形容词“whose”来引导。第二类是状语从句。其表示因果关系的连词有“because，since，so that，whereas”等；表示时间的连词有“after，before，by the time，when，while，until，once，as，as soon as，since，now that”等；表示条件的有“if，even if，unless，only if，once，in case (that)，provide that，in the event (that)，whether or not”等；表示让步的有“although，though，while，whereas，even though”等；表示方式的有“as though，as if”等；表示比较的有“than，as”等。第三类是名词性从句，一般由“that”引导，做句子的主语、动词宾语、介词宾语、同位语等。关系代词和关系形容词也可引导名词性从句。疑问副词“when，where，why，how”也可引导名词性从句作主语和宾语。 |
35: 我觉得从句很难。因为不能理解从句在整个句子中的作用, 您能给我一些建议吗？
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