Timeline for Run on Sentence Question
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:38 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Aug 13, 2016 at 16:45 | history | edited | Tony | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 13, 2016 at 16:43 | comment | added | Tony | @BillJ I see what you mean. You're right; I was thinking the "so" was a coordinating conjunction. | |
| Aug 13, 2016 at 7:58 | comment | added | BillJ | @user142781 Please see my message to Tony, above. | |
| Aug 13, 2016 at 7:57 | comment | added | BillJ | @Tony Although the so clause is finite and hence appears to be an independent main clause, it is in fact subordinate (dependent). It gives the purpose of us giving access to Las Vegas again (hence 'purpose adjunct'). It is marked as subordinate by the subordinator "so"; thus the clause must be subordinate, not independent. Adjuncts are optional elements that are not required grammatically. | |
| Aug 12, 2016 at 21:19 | comment | added | Tony | @BillJ How so? I don't understand what you mean by "purpose adjunct" | |
| Aug 12, 2016 at 20:47 | comment | added | user142781 | What does that mean? Can someone help explains it in more details? | |
| Aug 12, 2016 at 18:43 | comment | added | BillJ | I wouldn't go along with that. The so clause is not an independent one; it is a subordinate (dependent) clause functioning as a purpose adjunct. | |
| Aug 12, 2016 at 17:03 | history | answered | Tony | CC BY-SA 3.0 |