Q: What is the shortest sentence containing all four phrases and three subordinate clauses identified in English grammar?
A:
- The subordinate clauses
- 1. adverb 2. adjective 3. infinitive 4. noun
- The phrases
5. gerund 6. participial 7. prepositional
1? Whoever rebels, 2? daring 3? oppose 4? by 5? fighting 6? when oppressed, 7? which overcomes, conquers. (11 words, Lederer, Verbatim XVI, 4, p. 6, 1990)
1? However painful, try 5? helping 3? prove 4? supersentences 2? you're 6? disgusted 7? by prevail. (10 words, Straight, Verbatim XVII, 3, p. 22, 1991)