Type of usage in these examples? Clauses/fragments
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Peter senses his father's danger and tries to reach him,
but is forced to watch helplessley as his father is driven away.
Her father struggles with complex emotions about the child he raised as his own, but to who he behaves in an unfatherly manner.
It was also a commercial success, but did not perform as well at the box office as the first film.
I understand there is an implied repetition of the subject in the bolded parts of the sentence but where do they
stand grammatically as they are alone and is the comma neccessary?
Are they sentence fragments or clauses ?
*is forced to watch helplessley as his father is driven away, for instance?
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Peter senses his father's danger and tries to reach him,
but is forced to watch helplessley as his father is driven away.
Her father struggles with complex emotions about the child he raised as his own, but to who he behaves in an unfatherly manner.
It was also a commercial success, but did not perform as well at the box office as the first film.
I understand there is an implied repetition of the subject in the bolded parts of the sentence but where do they
stand grammatically as they are alone and is the comma neccessary?
Are they sentence fragments or clauses ?
*is forced to watch helplessley as his father is driven away, for instance?
phrases american-english descriptive-grammar
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They're clauses with ellipsis of the subject. The comma is standard before but (when used as a conjunction). PS in your second example it should be "but towards whom he behaves".
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Peter senses his father's danger and tries to reach him,
but is forced to watch helplessley as his father is driven away.
Her father struggles with complex emotions about the child he raised as his own, but to who he behaves in an unfatherly manner.
It was also a commercial success, but did not perform as well at the box office as the first film.
I understand there is an implied repetition of the subject in the bolded parts of the sentence but where do they
stand grammatically as they are alone and is the comma neccessary?
Are they sentence fragments or clauses ?
*is forced to watch helplessley as his father is driven away, for instance?
phrases american-english descriptive-grammar
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Peter senses his father's danger and tries to reach him,
but is forced to watch helplessley as his father is driven away.
Her father struggles with complex emotions about the child he raised as his own, but to who he behaves in an unfatherly manner.
It was also a commercial success, but did not perform as well at the box office as the first film.
I understand there is an implied repetition of the subject in the bolded parts of the sentence but where do they
stand grammatically as they are alone and is the comma neccessary?
Are they sentence fragments or clauses ?
*is forced to watch helplessley as his father is driven away, for instance?
phrases american-english descriptive-grammar
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They're clauses with ellipsis of the subject. The comma is standard before but (when used as a conjunction). PS in your second example it should be "but towards whom he behaves".
– Chappo
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They're clauses with ellipsis of the subject. The comma is standard before but (when used as a conjunction). PS in your second example it should be "but towards whom he behaves".
– Chappo
2 hours ago
They're clauses with ellipsis of the subject. The comma is standard before but (when used as a conjunction). PS in your second example it should be "but towards whom he behaves".
– Chappo
2 hours ago
They're clauses with ellipsis of the subject. The comma is standard before but (when used as a conjunction). PS in your second example it should be "but towards whom he behaves".
– Chappo
2 hours ago
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Repetition is a matter of style, not of grammar. Some repetition is clumsy or tiresome:
My trousers are brown, and my trousers are tight, and my trousers fit me perfectly.
This is a real clunker. It says repetitively what could just as well be expressed as:-
My trousers are brown, tight and fit me perfectly.
But the faults are stylistic, though the repetition of ‘and’ is a breach of convention.
Not only does repetition have nothing to do with grammar, it can be rhetorically and poetically effective.
Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone on a wide wide sea!
And never a saint took pity on
My soul in agony. (Coleridge Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner)
This Senate is tired of your lying, tired of your deceit but above all this Senate is tired of your grossly unjustified arrogance. (made up as far as I know)
These repetitions reinforce a picture, a feeling or an image. They are a matter of taste, except to say that Coleridge’s is sublime and mine is anything but.
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This is a good explanation of repetition, but it doesn't address the question, which is "Are they sentence fragments or clauses?" The OP clearly states that she understands the "implied repetition of the subject".
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Repetition is a matter of style, not of grammar. Some repetition is clumsy or tiresome:
My trousers are brown, and my trousers are tight, and my trousers fit me perfectly.
This is a real clunker. It says repetitively what could just as well be expressed as:-
My trousers are brown, tight and fit me perfectly.
But the faults are stylistic, though the repetition of ‘and’ is a breach of convention.
Not only does repetition have nothing to do with grammar, it can be rhetorically and poetically effective.
Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone on a wide wide sea!
And never a saint took pity on
My soul in agony. (Coleridge Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner)
This Senate is tired of your lying, tired of your deceit but above all this Senate is tired of your grossly unjustified arrogance. (made up as far as I know)
These repetitions reinforce a picture, a feeling or an image. They are a matter of taste, except to say that Coleridge’s is sublime and mine is anything but.
answered 2 hours ago
Tuffy
3,1651617
This is a good explanation of repetition, but it doesn't address the question, which is "Are they sentence fragments or clauses?" The OP clearly states that she understands the "implied repetition of the subject".
– Chappo
2 hours ago
add a comment |
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Repetition is a matter of style, not of grammar. Some repetition is clumsy or tiresome:
My trousers are brown, and my trousers are tight, and my trousers fit me perfectly.
This is a real clunker. It says repetitively what could just as well be expressed as:-
My trousers are brown, tight and fit me perfectly.
But the faults are stylistic, though the repetition of ‘and’ is a breach of convention.
Not only does repetition have nothing to do with grammar, it can be rhetorically and poetically effective.
Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone on a wide wide sea!
And never a saint took pity on
My soul in agony. (Coleridge Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner)
This Senate is tired of your lying, tired of your deceit but above all this Senate is tired of your grossly unjustified arrogance. (made up as far as I know)
These repetitions reinforce a picture, a feeling or an image. They are a matter of taste, except to say that Coleridge’s is sublime and mine is anything but.
answered 2 hours ago
Tuffy
3,1651617
This is a good explanation of repetition, but it doesn't address the question, which is "Are they sentence fragments or clauses?" The OP clearly states that she understands the "implied repetition of the subject".
– Chappo
2 hours ago
add a comment |
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up vote
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Repetition is a matter of style, not of grammar. Some repetition is clumsy or tiresome:
My trousers are brown, and my trousers are tight, and my trousers fit me perfectly.
This is a real clunker. It says repetitively what could just as well be expressed as:-
My trousers are brown, tight and fit me perfectly.
But the faults are stylistic, though the repetition of ‘and’ is a breach of convention.
Not only does repetition have nothing to do with grammar, it can be rhetorically and poetically effective.
Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone on a wide wide sea!
And never a saint took pity on
My soul in agony. (Coleridge Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner)
This Senate is tired of your lying, tired of your deceit but above all this Senate is tired of your grossly unjustified arrogance. (made up as far as I know)
These repetitions reinforce a picture, a feeling or an image. They are a matter of taste, except to say that Coleridge’s is sublime and mine is anything but.
answered 2 hours ago
Tuffy
3,1651617
Repetition is a matter of style, not of grammar. Some repetition is clumsy or tiresome:
My trousers are brown, and my trousers are tight, and my trousers fit me perfectly.
This is a real clunker. It says repetitively what could just as well be expressed as:-
My trousers are brown, tight and fit me perfectly.
But the faults are stylistic, though the repetition of ‘and’ is a breach of convention.
Not only does repetition have nothing to do with grammar, it can be rhetorically and poetically effective.
Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone on a wide wide sea!
And never a saint took pity on
My soul in agony. (Coleridge Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner)
This Senate is tired of your lying, tired of your deceit but above all this Senate is tired of your grossly unjustified arrogance. (made up as far as I know)
These repetitions reinforce a picture, a feeling or an image. They are a matter of taste, except to say that Coleridge’s is sublime and mine is anything but.
answered 2 hours ago
Tuffy
3,1651617
answered 2 hours ago
Tuffy
3,1651617
answered 2 hours ago
Tuffy
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answered 2 hours ago
Tuffy
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This is a good explanation of repetition, but it doesn't address the question, which is "Are they sentence fragments or clauses?" The OP clearly states that she understands the "implied repetition of the subject".
– Chappo
2 hours ago
add a comment |
This is a good explanation of repetition, but it doesn't address the question, which is "Are they sentence fragments or clauses?" The OP clearly states that she understands the "implied repetition of the subject".
– Chappo
2 hours ago
This is a good explanation of repetition, but it doesn't address the question, which is "Are they sentence fragments or clauses?" The OP clearly states that she understands the "implied repetition of the subject".
– Chappo
2 hours ago
This is a good explanation of repetition, but it doesn't address the question, which is "Are they sentence fragments or clauses?" The OP clearly states that she understands the "implied repetition of the subject".
– Chappo
2 hours ago
add a comment |
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They're clauses with ellipsis of the subject. The comma is standard before but (when used as a conjunction). PS in your second example it should be "but towards whom he behaves".
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