This is how I would correct that paragraph: What was interesting, was that the study of the skeleton showed that while he had been alive this man had been seriously handicapped, with a defect that had limited the use of the upper right side of his body, that he suffered from Arthritis, and that he was blind in one eye.
Are you a native speaker? http://forums.mydigitallife.net/thr...erstand-British-English?p=1226522#post1226522
Yes, but I'm not anal enough to care about specifics like that, I can speak, and write, and read fairly well if I put my mind to it, but generally I just use it to get through life
We don't add nor move any auxiliaries in some clauses(从句),but we add or move the auxiliaries in some main clauses(主句). I think (that) the subject of the main clauses is main(or "more important" or others),and these grammars seem mandatory in English. And in some cases,someone looks for the subject. So I ask "do the auxiliaries of the main clauses point to the subject of the main clauses"
That is the point of both our thinking (philosophy) and language (grammar): Maybe this helps: http://www.criticalreading.com/simple_sentence.htm Because, quite frankly, you seem a bit lost in side issues. A better way to speaking a foreign language would be a KISS strategy ("Keep It Simple, Stupid", as the English put it... ) https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/clause-phrase-and-sentence - a good source https://www.tesol-direct.com/tesol-resources/english-grammar-guide/clauses/ - good analytical approach More to the point: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/clauses Hope it helps...
Do native speakers look for the subjects according to the auxiliaries of the main clauses in interrogative sentences or negative sentences?
Only on Tuesdays... Every other day, we just grunt at each other, and we automatically understand. It's an English thing...
Could native speakers look at this post? What're the different meanings of "I got this computer from bargain" and "I got this computer on sale"? What're the different meanings of "I like heavy coffee" and "I like strong coffee"? What're the different meanings of "Price down" and "Can I get a discount"? What're the different meanings of "I got it without money" and "I got it for free"? What're the different meanings of "It's our first time to meet" and "We've never met before"? What're the different meanings of "I want to play with my friends tonight" and "I want to hang out/go out with my freinds tonignt"? What're the different meanings of "I make my face" and "I put on my makeup"? What're the different meanings of "I mistook him" and "I mistake him for someone else"? What're the different meanings of "Which do you select" and "Which do you choose"? What're the different meanings of "What is your job" and "What do you do for a living"? What're the different meanings of "I'll receive my salary next week" and "I'll get paid next week"? What're the different meanings of "He is in good condition" and "He is in good shape"? What're the different meanings of "Today's newspapers have his articles" and "Today's newspapers carry his articles"? What're the different meanings of "You'll have a cold" and "You'll catch a cold"? What're the different meanings of "Please wait outside the white line" and "Please wait behind the white line"? What're the different meanings of "Where is here" and "Where are we"? What're the different meanings of "Most Westerners have high noses" and "Most Westerners have long noses"? What're the different meanings of "It is why I was late" and "That is why I was late"? What're the different meanings of "empty" and "taken"? What're the different meanings of "It's a novel of three volumes" and "It's a novel in three volumes"? What're the different meanings of "soft" and "tender"? What're the different meanings of "This new book will be sold well" and "This new book will sell well"? What're the different meanings of "I'm a public servant" and "I work for the government"? What're the different meanings of "Today is hot" and "It is hot today"? What're the different meanings of "Don't make the office out of order" and "Don't leave the office in a mess"?
Too many to reply about, but there is no such word as "What're" You can't shorten "What are" to "What're"
What're Technically it is a " non-standard shortened form ( or contraction ) " I agree that reading it jars to a native English speaker , but the dictionary says it's OK (..... so long as the apostrophe is in the correct place for the missing letter , of course.)
Cambridge dictionary says otherwise http://dictionary.cambridge.org/spellcheck/english/?q=What're As does dictionary.com http://www.dictionary.com/misspelling?term=what're&s=t Oxford dictionary too http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/spellcheck/english/?q=what're And Collins http://www.collinsdictionary.com/spellcheck/english?q=what're If Oxford and Cambridge say it's wrong, it's wrong
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/what're US English or British English ..... " color or colour " ? As somebody once said :- " Two nations divided by a common language "
English British of course, which is the title of this thread And that is not a dictionary You know what relevance Oxford and Cambridge have to the English British language right?
I use words like that in every day language, but my point was that it is slang, not a real word, and OP is obviously trying to master correct British English (Queens English) Or 'Posh toffee nosed tw4ts' as we call them The way the royal family and prime minister etc talk (A$$hats language)
OK .... guilty as charged ! What is my punishment to be ..... 100 lines ? I would pick one of Bart's from the opening credits of The Simpsons :- " Pork is not a verb " " I will not startle the incontinent "