![]() ![]() Even more so when it's an entire clause, since the verbs aren't stacking in the way that verbs at the same level or in the same clause do in English and both are finite verbs. In this way, actually you would expect it to be dependent on/ subordinate to the verb, since it's describing the verb. Replace it with "then" or "at that time" and it falls firmly in the predicate. ![]() Generally though in my experience, this kind of clause would be within the predicate since it's acting adverbially. It might depend on what syntax you're using. Overall seems a question designed to trick people. Choice B is the only multi-Claudel sentence, so it’s a bit confusing. It’s a little bit comparing apples to oranges because the other choices are passive voice, and have the word order Object Verb (and in the case of C, ending with Subject). However, ‘cold’ is not the direct object, but a complement, an adjective (can also be a noun) which ‘completes’ the subject by giving more information. In ‘the soup was cold’ the beginning borrows the same word order as active voice: Subject (the soup) Verb (was). There’s no direct object because’arrived’ never takes a direct object (hence why it’s an intransitive verb). In ‘when it arrived’ ‘it’ is the subject and ‘arrived’ is the verb. To break it down: there are two clauses - ‘the soup was cold’ and ‘when it arrived’. Here’s the problem: b is a weird sentence because it uses a copular verb and then a second clause with active voice, but an intransitive verb. ![]()
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