Appended Clauses

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Emphatic (or Cleft) Sentence.

PSEUDO-COMPLEX SENTENCES

Adverbial Clauses of Degree

Conjunctive phrases: in so far as, in as far as, inasmuch as, insomuch as

Pseudo-complex sentences consist of two clauses and are joined according to some pattern of subordination, but differ from complex sentences in the relation they bear to one another. There are several types of pseudo-complex sentences.

Emphatic sentences are used to emphasize some part of the sentence.

It is my friend who told me this.

It was Marywho smoked in the corridor.

What was it he disliked so much?

The role of the principle clause is purely emphatic, as the information which is divided between the principle and the subordinate clause can be expressed in a simple sentence:

It is my friend who told me this .Ž My friend told me this.

The emphatic position may be occupied by a whole clause.

It was that she said that spoiled the impression.

Was it because dusk was gathering that you failed to come to the grammar lesson?

The subordinate clause may be joined asyndetically.

It is not you I hate.

Appended clauses are used to intensify or reinforce a statement in the previous clause. The most common types of appended clauses are tag questions.

You speak Urdu, don't you?

In non-formal style there is another form of appended clause, which is elliptical:

He is always very gloomy, is that John of yours.

In such sentences the link verb to be is generally repeated, or a form of the verb to do is used:

He never told me anything, did your brother.