Example 1:
The students didn't finish their blog work on time.
It bothered me.
Remove the pronoun "it."
Substitute it with the relative pronoun "which."
Attach it to the end of the sentence after a comma.
The students didn't finish their blog work on time, WHICH bothered me.
WHICH BOTHERED ME modifies THE ENTIRE SENTENCE THAT PRECEDES IT.
Example 2:
Some students didn't write a research paper.
This means that they cannot graduate from level 6.
Remove the pronoun "this."
Substitute it with the relative pronoun "which."
Attach it to the end of the sentence with a comma.
Some students didn't write a research paper, which means that they cannot graduate from level 6.
We can go one step further. We can reduce "which means" to the -ing form "meaning."
Remove the relative pronoun which.
Change the verb to its -ing form.
So...
Some students didn't write a research paper, meaning that they cannot graduate from level 6.
I did a great job on my compass test, meaning that I will graduating on 8/6. Useful grammar!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI don't know about the Compass test, but you have really absorbed the grammar well, meaning that you are well on your way to achieving fluency!
DeleteCan I say:
DeleteHis gamble paid off, making him to be one of the richest men in Taiwan ?
making him [be] one of the richest men in Taiwan. ("be" is correct but not necessary here)
Delete(remember with MAKE: make + you + SV from our causative verb lesson)
You not only understand the lesson but you also apply the lesson, making you one of the smartest students in the class!
that's true
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