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reducing ADVERBIAL CLAUSES. Time and reason. Reducing Adverbial Clauses. Adverbial clauses of time and reason can be reduced to adverb phrases without any changes in meaning, but you have to observe the following:
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reducing ADVERBIAL CLAUSES Time and reason
Reducing Adverbial Clauses Adverbial clauses of time and reason can be reduced to adverb phrases without any changes in meaning, but you have to observe the following: a. The subjects of both clauses must be the same; otherwise, reduction is not possible. b. The subject of the dependent clause and the be form of the verb are always deleted. c. If there is no be form of a verb, the verb form is changed to verb -ing form or verb -ed form. d. Retaining the conjunction is sometimes optional in time clauses.