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More on nesting

Task A - another kind of directly nested clause

There is one more kind of directly nested clause.

Do a SPOCA analysis of the sentence below and identify the nested clause. Then make up a label for it based on your knowledge of the different kinds of phrases in English. Finally, compare your answer with ours.

 

red and white bow tieThe student was astonished by the professor squirting his joke bow tie at her

 

Our answer

 

 

 

 

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