Writing Academic English 4th Edition

Chapter 12 INounClauses 207

Thereporteraskedwhichcompaniesplannedtodo

businessinRussia.

Thequestioniswhether(ornot)U.S.andEuropean

companiesunderstandtheRussianbusiness

environment(ornot).

Nooneknowsif theexperimentwillsucceed(ornot).

DoyouknowwhotheinterpreterfortheRussian

leaderwas?

ThepresidentoftheUnitedStatessuggestedthat

RussiaopenitsdoorstoU.S.business.

TheRussianpresidentandhiswifetoldthepress

(that)theywereenjoyingtheirvisit.

Everyonewonderswhenworldpeacewillbecomea realityXEveryonehope~

thatpeacewillcomesoon.

be

Environmentalistsurgedthatcarbondioxideemissionsafedecreasedimmediately.

had

ThenewspaperreportedthatworldleadersJ::l.a>.tefailedtoagreeat theconference.

Editthecompositionthatfollowsonpage 208 forerrorsinnounclauses.Youshould

make 21 changes.Lookforthesekindsoferrors:

sheis

Wedonotknowwhof&.sI:le.

ifthereis

A carefulshopperasksistherea warrantyona productbeforebuyingit.

SUBJUNCTIVEVERB

NOTUSED

SEQUENCEOFTENSES

RULESNOTFOLLOWED

MISSINGSUBORDINATOR

ANDINCORRECT

WORDORDER

INCORRECTPUNCTUATION

INCORRECTWORDORDER

IfIWhetherclauses

• formedfromyes/noquestions


• introducedbysubordinatoriforwhether.
  Whetheris moreformalthanif.


• ornotmaybeadded


• useSVstatementwordorder


• do,does,diddisappear

Subjunctivenounclauses

• verbinbaseform


• occurafterverbsandadjectivesofurgency,
  advisability,necessity,anddesirability

Questionclauses

• formedfromwh-questions;wh-wordsarethe
  subordinators:who,where,which,how,etc.


• useSVstatementwordorder


• do,does,diddisappear

Thatclauses

• formedfromstatements


• introducedbysubordinatorthat


• thatcanbeomitted

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