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resumptive modifiers [#permalink] New post 24 Jul 2007, 07:21
Danny finished his homework, finished it right before his mother returned home.

Danny finished his homework, finished right before his mother returned home.

Are both sentences correct?
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Re: resumptive modifiers [#permalink] New post 24 Jul 2007, 08:00
bmwhype2 wrote:
Danny finished his homework, finished it right before his mother returned home.

Danny finished his homework, finished right before his mother returned home.

Are both sentences correct?


The Sentence should be simple

Danny finished his homework right before his mother returned home.
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Re: resumptive modifiers [#permalink] New post 24 Jul 2007, 08:09
nivedb wrote:
bmwhype2 wrote:
Danny finished his homework, finished it right before his mother returned home.

Danny finished his homework, finished right before his mother returned home.

Are both sentences correct?


The Sentence should be simple

Danny finished his homework right before his mother returned home.


I hope GMAC agree with you for my test!!.

I like the use of 'it' dont know why though!
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Re: resumptive modifiers [#permalink] New post 24 Jul 2007, 08:30
nivedb wrote:
bmwhype2 wrote:
Danny finished his homework, finished it right before his mother returned home.

Danny finished his homework, finished right before his mother returned home.

Are both sentences correct?


The Sentence should be simple

Danny finished his homework right before his mother returned home.

Yes it can be rewritten but that is not the point of my question. I am trying to figure out if we need a pronoun referent to connect it back to the independent clause because we restated finished, which is a verb, and we dont have a "clear" subject/noun to complete the clause.
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 [#permalink] New post 24 Jul 2007, 08:44
A resumptive modifier by def picks up a word from the previous sentence and adds some facts to it.
In this case,'it' is necessary to show what the continuing thought is about(homework).
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 [#permalink] New post 24 Jul 2007, 08:51
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A resumptive modifier by def picks up a word from the previous sentence and adds some facts to it.
In this case,'it' is necessary to show what the continuing thought is about(homework).


So technically, does my sentence contain a resumptive modifying clause? I restated the verb rather than the noun/subject.
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Re: resumptive modifiers [#permalink] New post 24 Jul 2007, 12:33
bmwhype2 wrote:
Danny finished his homework, finished it right before his mother returned home.

Danny finished his homework, finished right before his mother returned home.

Are both sentences correct?


bmwhype2 wrote:
vineetgupta wrote:
A resumptive modifier by def picks up a word from the previous sentence and adds some facts to it.
In this case,'it' is necessary to show what the continuing thought is about(homework).


So technically, does my sentence contain a resumptive modifying clause? I restated the verb rather than the noun/subject.



The Swiss watchmaker’s failure to capitalize on the invention of the digital timepiece was both astonishing and alarming - astonishing in that the Swiss had, since the beginning of the industrial evolution in Europe, been among the first to capitalize on technical innovations, alarming in that a tremendous industrial potential had been lost to their chief competitors.

this stem has two resumptive clauses with no connection to the original stem to the subject but both clauses have a subject
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