we must not only act, but also dream: not only plan, but also “To accomplish great things, France believe.”---Anatole as good painting is almost always about more than it depicts, so does its historical “Just value extend beyond its American Heritage, subject.”---“The Winter Art Show,” December 1990 PATTERN 17: DEPENDENT CLAUSE (in a “sentence slot”) AS SUBJECT OR OBJECT OR COMPLEMENT S [dependent clause as subject] V . S V [dependent clause as object or comp.] EXAMPLES: He became [what he had long aspired to be]. (complement after became) [How is a mystery to me. he could fail] (subject of verb is) PROFESSIONAL EXAMPLES: so my fellow Americans, ask not “And [clause as DO] [what your country can do for you]; [clause as DO] ask [what you can do for your country F. Kennedy ].”—John the technique] we may never Armstrong, “[Why Leonardo rejected know.”—George Modern Maturity. PATTERN 18: ABSOLUTE CONSTRUCTION (noun plus participle)
“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream: not only plan, but also believe.”---Anatole France “Just as good painting is almost always about more than it depicts, so does its historical value extend beyond its subject.”---“The Winter Art Show,” American Heritage, December 1990 PATTERN 17: DEPENDENT CLAUSE (in a “sentence slot”) AS SUBJECT OR OBJECT OR COMPLEMENT S [dependent clause as subject] V . S V [dependent clause as object or comp.] EXAMPLES: He became [what he had long aspired to be]. (complement after became) [How he could fail] is a mystery to me. (subject of verb is) PROFESSIONAL EXAMPLES: “And so my fellow Americans, ask not [clause as DO] [what your country can do for you]; [clause as DO] ask [what you can do for your country ].”—John F. Kennedy “[Why Leonardo rejected the technique] we may never know.”—George Armstrong, Modern Maturity. PATTERN 18: ABSOLUTE CONSTRUCTION (noun plus participle)
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