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relative cluses



bluepeach
Portugal

relative cluses
 
Hi everyone!

I have three doubts. i hope you can help me.
 
1- In the sentence: 
  Self-employment is an escape route to a saturated market. This is the option of many young graduates.

Would you transform it into a non-defining relative clause or into a sentential relative clause?

Self-employment is an escape route to a saturated market, which is the option of many young graduates. (sentential)
or
Self-employment, which is the option of many graduates, is a escape route to a saturated market. (non-defining)

2- I normally say "the less the compensation" but can we also say "the littler the compensation"?

3- Can we use the word "once" as a conjunction?

Thanks a lot in advance.

20 Oct 2011      





Zora
Canada

I �d pick the relative clause option for question 1. For 2, I �d definitely say "the less..." and for 3, "once" is an adverb, not a conjunction - it does not unify two independent sentences.

21 Oct 2011     



ueslteacher
Ukraine

One correction: once can be used as a conjunction. 
Sophia

21 Oct 2011