[Grammar] comparing about adverbial clause and adjectival clause

[luzal]

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[konungursvia]

The former describes how the action of a verb is executed: "as fast as lightning."

The latter describes a noun: "ten feet tall."

 

[TheParser]

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Hello, Luzal.

(1) An adverbial clause is a sentence that needs another sentence.

(a) For example, people would be confused if you walked up to them

and said: because English is the international language.

(b) But everyone understands if you attach it to a sentence. For

example:

I am studying English because English is the international language.

The adverbial clause tells you why you are studying English. We say that

the adverbial clause modifies (belongs to) the verb am studying.

You know that adverbs often modify verbs: Drive carefully. (Carefully

tells you how to drive.)

(2) An adjectival clause also needs another sentence. For example,

people would not understand if you said who has black hair. But everyone

would understand if you said:

My uncle is the man who has black hair. The

adjectival clause describes which man. We say that it modifies man.

As you know, adjectives modify nouns (In black hair,black modifies hair.)

So adjectival clauses modify nouns:

The country that I love is X. (that I love modifies country.)

(3) This is a big subject to discuss. Please post any more questions

that you have about those clauses. Then someone will be very happy to

answer you. (P. S. that you have about those clauses = adjectival

clause that modifies questions.)

THANK YOU