Defining and non-defining adjective clauses

anthony

剛剛看完來年 Form 3 的英文課本，發現有一個問題：什麼是 Defining adjective clauses 及 non-defining adjective clauses 呢？

以下就是我的 Form 3 英文課本的問題：
Read the sentences. Decide if the adjective clauses are defining or non-defining. Then, add necessary commas.
1. Sally Lee said the monster which was on the beach was horrible.
2. The scientists who studied the Wildman thought that it was a kind of Neanderthal Man.
3. The Mantis Prawn which is very dangerous can stop the heart in four minutes.
5. With some species of animals it's the males who get pregnant.
6. The Dodo whose appearance looked loke a huge chicken lived on earth hundreds of years ago.
7. The boy who saw Yeti lived on a mountain in Nepal.

applec

Originally posted by zubat at 2005-7-31 11:55 PM:

May I know what level you are?
I am just a student promoting to S4 @@

.....U havn't learn this b4????

zubat

Originally posted by applec at 2005-7-31 10:23 PM:
It is called intergrated adj clause
, which does not include comma

She is obviously not the Sue Jones they are looking for.
(from the cambridge grammar of the english language)

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May I know what level you are?
I am just a student promoting to S4 @@

applec

It is called intergrated adj clause
, which does not include comma

She is obviously not the Sue Jones they are looking for.
(from the cambridge grammar of the english language)

[ Last edited by applec on 2005-7-31 at 10:24 PM ]

zubat

Originally posted by applec at 2005-7-30 12:59 PM:

Pay attention to the grammar of the proper noun

if in the sentence, there is more than 1 Mr Chan is mention, which means that it isn't a proper noun and is just a name

For example:
This M ...

In this case, should we use defining or non-defining adjective clause?
Can you give me an example sentence?

applec

Originally posted by zubat at 2005-7-23 08:35 PM:

A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place or object that is spelt with a capital letter.
e.g. Mr. Chan, Peter, Boundary Street, Queen's Road, Ocean Park, the White House

The oth ...

Pay attention to the grammar of the proper noun

if in the sentence, there is more than 1 Mr Chan is mention, which means that it isn't a proper noun and is just a name

For example:
This Mr. Chan is not the one that we want to find

[ Last edited by applec on 2005-7-30 at 01:01 PM ]

applec

Advanced:
except this method, we can use "integrated" and "supplementry" to define the difference between the Adj clauses

zubat

Originally posted by Cerain at 2005-7-25 12:15 AM:



乜5係"very"形容"well"咩??? ->>錯左5好怪我...=o=||b

"Very" is an adverb. It is decribing adv. "well". (to what extent)
"Well" is an adverb also. It is decribing the verb. (There is a grammatical mistake... it should be "you've done" or "you did")

Cerain

Originally posted by 車里厘 at 2005-7-22 01:46 PM:
adj係形容一樣野
例如: There is a clever boy!
--clever

adv係形容一樣動作
例如: You done it very well
--well

（唔知有冇錯=v="我本身英文都幾屎下）

乜5係"very"形容"well"咩??? ->>錯左5好怪我...=o=||b

zubat

Originally posted by anthony at 2005-7-23 06:37 PM:


What is a "proper noun"? What is the difference between a "proper noun" and other sorts of nouns?

A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place or object that is spelt with a capital letter.
e.g. Mr. Chan, Peter, Boundary Street, Queen's Road, Ocean Park, the White House

The other nouns are called common noun.

[ Last edited by zubat on 2005-7-23 at 09:04 PM ]