In Chinua Achebe's short story, Marriage is A Private Affair, the lead character, Nnaemeka wants to marry Nene, the girl that he loves, but his father wants him to marry to the girl that he has chosen for his son. It is the beginning of the conflict between the father and son and also between the traditional and modern values which runs throughout the story. Therefore, Nnaemeka is unsure what will his father say, how will he react after learning that he is going to marry the girl that he himself has chosen.
Answer:
Subordinate clause: "that they could outsmart the law"
Clause type: Adjective clause
Explanation:
A subordinate or dependent clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb that does not express a complete thought on its own, and therefore it cannot stand by itself: it needs to depend on another clause to have meaning. In a sentence, this type of clause may function as an adjective, an adverb or as a noun.
As an adjective clause, it describes, modifies or adds further information to another noun; and always begins whether with a relative pronoun (who, whom, whose, that, or which) or a relative adverb (when, where, or why).
In the sentence, "that they could outsmart the law" is a subordinate clause because it has a subject (they) and a verb (outsmart) and it can not express a complete thought. Furthermore, it is also an adjective clause because it begins with the relative pronoun "that" and it describes the noun "belief". What belief did they have? "that they could outsmart the law."
Answer:
1) Her fleece was white as snow.
2) As light as a feather.
3) As busy as a bee.
4) As quiet as a mouse.
5)You're as sweet as sugar.
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