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

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

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

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The Sentence should be simple

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

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

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Danny finished his homework right before his mother returned home.
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I hope GMAC agree with you for my test!!.

I like the use of 'it' dont know why though!
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Danny finished his homework, finished it right before his mother returned home.

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

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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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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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A resumptive modifier by def picks up a word from the previous sentence and adds some facts to it.
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So technically, does my sentence contain a resumptive modifying clause? I restated the verb rather than the noun/subject.
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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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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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