3.1.2 Kinds
Every adverb is recognized by a subordinator, they are: after, as, before, because, for, now what , until, when, since, whenever, any where, moreer…that, if,
whether, though, as…as, as if, where, as soon as, so…that, in order to, so that, and same as.
Kinds of adverb clauses are determined by the subordinators that used in the clause, usually based on the meaning of the subordinators.
3.1.2.1 Adverb Clause of Time
This clause is used to say when something happens by referring to a period of time or another event.
A time clause is introduced by the subordinators after, as, as soon as, before, since, until, whenever, and, while.
After
1. As we made our way to the hospital after leaving the Holborn, Stamford gave
me a few more particulars about the gentleman whom I supposed to take as a
fellow lodger. page 3
Subordinator + Subject + Verb + Noun, +Subject + Verb + Noun
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As
2. As he spoke
3. …, but
, he threw into the vessel a view white crystals,… page 4 as the crowd approached he laid it aside
Before
, and listened attentively to an account of the episode. page 49
4. It was closed upon twelve before I heard the sharp sound of his latchkey
page 30 .
Since
5. …, but since the police had been coming and going over it
6. Three weeks had passed
, I was unable to see
how my companion could hope to learn anything from it. page 16
since Jefferson Hope and his comrades had departed from Salt Lake City
Until
. page 56
7. We picked our way among groups of dirty children, and through lines of
discolored linen ,until we came to Number 48
When
,… page 24
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8. You know the feeling, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, when you come upon the
right scent 9.
,… page 16 When the head of it had reached the base of the mountains
Whenever
, the rear was not yet
visible on the horizon. page 47
10. So all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are
shown a single link of it
While
. page 10
11. Then I picked up a magazine from the table and attempted to while away the
time with it 12.
…, his eyes were sunken in his head, and burned with an unnatural luster; … page 10
while the hand which grasped his rifle was hardly more fleshly that that of a skeleton
3.1.2.2. Adverb Clause of Place
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This clause is used to talk about the location or position of something www.wikipedia.org. The subordinators used in adverb clause of place are found in
the following:
Where means a definite place
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13. …so I went into the room where the light was burning
14. …and succeeded in reaching Candahar in safety,
. page 24 where I found my
regiment
Anywhere Somewhere means any place
. page 1
15. Then I soon realized that I must either leave the metropolis and rusticate
somewhere in the country 16.
…without a sign … page 2
anywhere of plant of tree
Wherever
, which might indicate the presences of moisture. page 45
17. Wherever stirring adventures were to be bad
3.1.2.3 Adverb Clause of Reason
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