IN the preceding chapter, we compared a bound modifier to an animal species that has already arrived at its evolutionary dead-end and a free relative modifier to a species that partakes of a wide gene pool for its further evolution.
This was in the context of the power of free relative clauses to expand ideas beyond the limits of the usual subject-verb-predicate format. We saw that while bound relative clauses simply affirm the identity of a subject noun, free relative clauses expand ideas in any way the writer or speaker deems suitable to his exposition.
' Our first construction puts the relative clause right at the beginning of the sentence: 'Working quietly to form alliances with the various division managers, the new junior executive has been very astute in his moves.' The second puts it smack in the middle: 'The new junior executive, working quietly to form alliances with the various division managers, has been very astute in his moves.
Good Use Of Free Relative Clauses
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