Reducing Adverb Clauses to Phrases (4 of 4) - Advanced English Grammar-
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Let's put all our information into practice.
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I have two short exercises for you to try.
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Is it possible to change this clause to a phrase?
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Yes.
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What would the phrase be?
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Can we reduce this clause?
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No. The subjects are different.
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If we wanted to create a sentence with a reduced clause,
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we could write something like this.
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Can we change the clause to a phrase?
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Yes.
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Can we change this adverb clause to a phrase?
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No. The subjects are different.
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So let's think.
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If we wanted to write a sentence
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with a phrase that expressed the reason for this belief,
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we might write something like this.
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That's all for now. Thanks for watching.
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Happy studies!
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And for all of you watching in October -
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