tailieunhanh - The grammar book teacher course part 96

Tham khảo tài liệu 'the grammar book teacher course part 96', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 67B The Grammar Book Watching the election results made me angry. It made me angry watching the election results . In our tree structure extraposition involves the following structural change taking place That he left without his money is unfortunate. SUBJ NP without det I his N I money AP I ADJ unfortunate It is unfortunate that he left without his money. 1. extraposition from SUBJ SUBJ NP f 1 2. it insertion S AUX I T I -pres cop AP that be ADJ I unfortunate VP comp without det N I I his money Extraposition in these cases shifts an entire subject clause5 to the end of a sentence where complements usually occur. Chapter 32 Other Aspects of Complementation and Embedded Clauses 671 The same sort of movement seems to be taking place in sentences such as the following where extraposition occurs from an object position. In these cases the first alternative is clearly interpretable but may be awkward l doubt that she has the answer very much. I doubt it very much that she has the answer . We appreciate that you had the time to help us greatly. We appreciate it greatly that you had the time to help us . We want to go back to our dormitory very much. We want very much to go back to our dormitory . Note the optional ft in parentheses is a pronominal reflex for the extraposed that clause. An extraposition rule has been claimed to operate elsewhere as well. Sometimes just one part of a subject such as a relative clause or a complement may detach and move to sentence-final position such movement in structures other than complements is most common in colloquial usage but is not considered good formal written style Extraposed NP complement The fact that you have won the lottery is irrelevant. The fact is irrelevant that you have won the lottery . Extraposed relative clauses The plan which the president proposed has been approved today. The plan has been approved today which the president proposed . The problem that I told you about has been diagnosed. The problem has been .