Grammar..British English

[dodo007]

Hi there

need a very simple solution please.

In "The number of hours that we are allowed to work has decreased." To what does the clause "that...work" relate?

In "The number of hours allowed is taken into consideration." To what does "allowed" relate?

In " The number of people killed has increased." To what does "killed" relate?

Same question for "that have been killed" in "The number of people that have been killed has increased."

If I say " The number of hours that are allowed is taken into consideration." To what does the clause "that are allowed" relate? Is it about adjectival clause to "number of hours"?

CF "sold" in "The list of goods sold should be given." To what does "sold" relate?

Thanks

[joggerjayne]

In the extracts that you have provided ...

... there is no Adjectival Clause to "number of hours"

Your fundamental misunderstanding of that clause suggests that you might have simply misread the other clauses, and that the extracts in respect of which you are seeking advice have possibly been taken out of context.

[no-knowledge]

yeah what JJ said and it sounds like bol0x too

[joggerjayne]

You see, Roaldo ... no.kno and I are agreed on this.

There is no Adjectival Clause in dodo's post.

Whereas, of course, there is an Adjectival Clause in the sentence ...

"You are a stupid git."

(That was just an example, you understand)

[dodo007]

to what does the that-clause relate then?

and simply give the meanings of the above jj.

thx

[joggerjayne]

dodo ... is English your first language ?


Roaldo ... yes, your example was a good one ...

... "snooty cow" is, of course, an Adjectival Phrase

(because the adjective "snooty" is a premodifier to the noun "cow")

[dodo007]

yes

just wondering about these.

This problem occurs when you are bilingual.

BTW it will be good if I receive a good answer.

cheers

[joggerjayne]

However ...

'That's OK you snooty cow, I hope your cleaner squirts Jif in your eye'

... is actually two separate sentences, and should be separated by a full stop, rather thab a comma.

Having said which, you could have turned the two simple sentences into one compound sentence by using a conjunction (eg "and") in place of the comma.


ps. Does Jif still exist? Didn't it become Cif ?

[joggerjayne]

Guys ...

It's been fun here. Love you both (dodo and Roaldo).

I'm going to play on another thread now.

Be good.

J x

[factor-fiction]

In "The number of hours that we are allowed to work has decreased." To what does the clause "that...work" relate?
answer-the number of hours

In "The number of hours allowed is taken into consideration." To what does "allowed" relate? answer-the number of hours


In " The number of people killed has increased." To what does "killed" relate? answer-the number of people


Same question for "that have been killed" in "The number of people that have been killed has increased."
answer-the number of people


If I say " The number of hours that are allowed is taken into consideration." To what does the clause "that are allowed" relate? Is it about adjectival clause to "number of hours"?answer-the number of hours


CF ( by cf do you mean compare"sold" in "The list of goods sold should be given." To what does "sold" relate?<b.answer- the goods

Is this a 19th century English grammar lesson?

[dodo007]

factor

Why should we look at "number of hours" as a single "block"?

Cf = compare

Not the same for "list of goods sold..."

[factor-fiction]

Sorry, in my previous answers it may be that you can drop the 'number of' bit. Unfortunately I'm not sure of what the questions are getting at. What is the context- what's the course?