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Fri 13 Mar, 2015 12:12 pm
"You know," I ventured, "when I saw your perform, I got the feeling that singing lets you jump over the fences of your life the way writing does for me."
Please, notice to the end of that sentence.
1) How "the way writing does for me" is related to the other parts of sentence? What is the meaning of this?
2) If 'does' (......does for me) acts as a verb, what is the subject of it? How to find its subject?
3) What is common name (as grammatical rules) of this part? Here, with 'this part' I want to indicate at "the way writing does for me."
@Nousher Ahmed,
I would call it a subordinate clause.
BTW, it's 'you' not 'your', unless you are referring to 'your performance'.
@Nousher Ahmed,
Quote:1) How "the way writing does for me" is related to the other parts of sentence? What is the meaning of this?
Writing lets you jump
Quote: 2) If 'does' (......does for me) acts as a verb, what is the subject of it?
Writing
Quote:How to find its subject?
Wish I could help you there Ahmed but it just seems so obvious….
3) I'm no linguist nor grammarian so hope one of the other guys can help you out here Ahmed
I got the feeling that singing lets you jump over the fences of your life the way (that) writing does for me."
or
I got the feeling that singing lets you jump over the fences of your life (like) the way writing does for me."
or
I got the feeling that singing lets you jump over the fences of your life in the same way writing does for me."
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