Timeline for Which-clause functioning adverbially: 'My son chews with his mouth open, which aggravates me.'
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| Dec 8 at 17:02 | comment | added | TimR | The subordinate clause doesn't "modify" the main clause at all but refers via which back to its declaration. It is form of analcoluthon, where the sentence departs from its original focus and could be punctuated with an em-dash to show the departure: "My son chews with his mouth open — which bugs the hell out of me". Our son comes in late —that wakes us up. | |
| Dec 8 at 15:48 | history | edited | Edwin Ashworth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
showing sentence in question
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| S Aug 2, 2019 at 12:35 | history | rollback | AJK432 |
Rollback to Revision 2 - Edit approval overridden by post owner or moderator
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| Aug 1, 2019 at 22:42 | history | suggested | Jvlnarasimharao | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
the question is wrong
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| May 30, 2019 at 13:04 | comment | added | AJK432 | Thank you. After reading TaliesinMerlin's answer, I sort of received the idea that the whole thing could be looked at in two ways. Thank you for confirming. | |
| May 30, 2019 at 1:49 | comment | added | John Lawler | The usual definitions of "adverb" and "noun" aren't much use in situations where one clause is the antecedent of another. So you have the choice of considering the main clause to be acting as a special noun, modified by a relative clause, or considering the relative clause to be of a special adverbial nature, since its antecedent is a clause instead of a noun. Either way, it's the same construction; extreme circumstances are not the place to look for definitions. | |
| May 30, 2019 at 0:24 | vote | accept | AJK432 | ||
| May 29, 2019 at 21:24 | answer | added | TaliesinMerlin | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 29, 2019 at 20:22 | history | edited | TaliesinMerlin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 29, 2019 at 20:00 | history | asked | AJK432 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |