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Forum: Teaching ESL Jun 2nd, 2008, 12:12 am
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Posted By mesmark
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Stripped down you'd still need to look at it in question form. "Where was my house?"

Then you'd need to dissern whether in the context, that was the question the speaker was asking, or whether the...
Forum: Teaching ESL Jun 2nd, 2008, 12:12 am
Replies: 10
Views: 3,022
Posted By mesmark
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It is a reduced relative clause and the word 'wearing' is the present participle of 'wear'.

Whether it's the present participle or a gerund depends on whether it acts like a verb or adjective...
Forum: Teaching ESL May 31st, 2008, 02:15 am
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Posted By mesmark
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That's what they're called in ESL teaching as far as I know.

Your 'where' question is a little tricky. There's also wh-relative clauses. Which is probably more correct for your example.

I didn't...
Forum: Teaching ESL May 30th, 2008, 07:47 am
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Posted By mesmark
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"I can't tell where my house was."

This is an embedded question.

"It's a festival held in the fall."

This is a reduced relative clause.
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