Writing Academic English 4th Edition

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INFORMAL

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PRACT1CE 3

Distance,
Frequency,
andManner
Clauses

Chapter 13 I AdverbClauses 215

Notes

1. IninformalspokenEnglish,peopleoftenuselikeinplaceofasifandas
   though.LikeisnotcorrectinformalwrittenEnglish,souseonlyasifand
   asthoughinyourwriting.

It looksasifitisgoingtorain.

It lookslikeit is goingtorain.

2.InveryformalwrittenEnglish,theverbtakesthesameformasit doesin

conditionalclauseswhentheinformationintheasif/asthoughclauseis

untrue(orprobablyuntrue).However,manyEnglishspeakersusenormal

verbformsinthissituation.

Johnactsasif hewerethePrinceofWales.

Johnactsasif heis thePrinceofWales.

A. Forma sentencecontaininganadverbclausebyaddingadist~ce,frequency,

ormannersubordinatorandcompletingtheclause.Useeachsubordinatorat

leastonce.Thefirstonehasbeendoneforyouasanexample.

1. Peopleshouldtrytorecycle asoftenastheycan .(frequency)


2. Mostpeoplewanttomove. (distance)


3. Weshouldnotconsumeournaturalresources _
   (manner)


4. Shouldteenagershavetherighttodress?
   (manner)


5. Nonationintheworldcanaffordtoact _
   (manner-useasiforasthough)

B. Answerthequestionswithsentencescontaininga clauseofdistance,

frequency,ormanner.Makesurethatyouranswercontainstwocomplete

clauses,anindependentclauseandanadverbclause.(Hint:Aphrasesuchas

asfastaspossibleisnota clause.)Thefirstonehasbeendoneforyouasan

example.

1. Howdoesyourwritinginstructorwantyoutowriteyouressays?
   OurwritinginstructorwantsUstowriteouressaysasthoughtfullyasWecan.


2. Howshouldyouactwhenyouseeanenragedelephantrunningtowardyou?


3. Howcanyouovercomestagefrightl? (Useasiforasthoughinyour
   sentence.)

Istagefright:fearofpelformingona stage