#5 clausal openers
Clausal openers are like www.asia clauses, but now they are at the beginning of the sentence.
Be careful when using “since” as an opener. If you can substitute the word “because” for “since”, it is valid as a #5 opener (or as a www.asia if it’s mid-sentence). For example:
Since it looks like it may rain, you should bring your umbrella.
Because it looks like it may rain, you should bring your umbrella.
Bring your umbrella since it looks as if it may rain.
Bring your umbrella because it looks as if it may rain.
If you cannot substitute “because” for “since”, it is probably functioning as a preposition.
Since noon, it’s been pouring rain.
It has been pouring raining since noon.
*In any paper, any clausal word (when, while, where, etc.) may be counted once as a www.asia dress-up and once as a #5 clausal opener, but they may not be in the same paragraph. For example, do not use “if” as a dress-up in the same paragraph that you used it as a #5 opener.
The same rule applies to #3 -ly openers and -ly adverbs. For example, do not use “finally” as an -ly dress-up in the same paragraph that you use it as a #3 opener.
The list of clausal openers for beginning level IEW is when, while, where, as, since, if, although. In the post you were refering to, I only listed some common sources of problems related to clausal openers.
Comment by lynnlars — March 4, 2009 @ 10:32 am |