Please help me ive been trying to figure this out, but I DO NOT understand it...I do not understand what an embedded sentence is
We have to find the embedded sentences in:
I deplore the fact that bats have wings.
That Guinevere loves Lorian is known to all my friends.
please explain to me what it is so I can do the rest of my homework..thanks so much!!
This is supremely easy! Just find sentences within sentences that make sense to the subject!
Isabel is right -- just look for a sentence inside the whole sentence.
Let us know what you find, and someone here will be happy to comment.
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I deplore the fact that bats have wings.
--> bats have wings
That Guinevere loves Lorian is known to all my friends
--> Guinevere loves Lorian
This is what someone told me but then i looked at the sample problem:
"Yesterday I noticed my accountant repairing the toilet"--> the answer to this was "my accountant repairing the toilet" which is not a sentence
The two that you listed at the top are correct. These can be sentences on their own.
The example with "repairing" in it is not an embedded sentence; you are right.
yes but that was the answer...that was the sample problem on the page and the answer was "my accoutnant repairing the toilet" that is why i don't understand it
I don't understand it either, but then I've seen lots of BAD MISTAKES in textbooks. Not every text is perfect. Just know that you are right: "my accountant repairing the toilet" is not a complete sentence. The ones you wrote in the third post here are correct.
Of course, I'd be happy to help! An embedded sentence, also known as a subordinate or dependent clause, is a clause that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence but is instead dependent on the main sentence for meaning. It adds extra information or functions as a part of the sentence.
Now let's break down the two sentences you provided to identify the embedded clauses:
1. "I deplore the fact that bats have wings."
The embedded clause in this sentence is "that bats have wings." It begins with the word "that" and functions as the object of the verb "deplore." The main sentence is "I deplore the fact." It can stand alone and still make sense, but the embedded clause adds additional information about what specific fact the speaker is referring to.
2. "That Guinevere loves Lorian is known to all my friends."
In this sentence, the embedded clause is "that Guinevere loves Lorian." It also begins with the word "that" and functions as the subject of the sentence. The main sentence is "is known to all my friends." The embedded clause provides information about what specifically is known to all the speaker's friends.
Remember, embedded sentences are often introduced by words like "that," "if," "since," "because," "when," or "although." They are important for adding depth and complexity to a sentence by providing additional details or introducing subordinate ideas.