IMPROVE YOUR WRITING WITH THIS TIP! How to Reduce Adverb Clauses

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1. When taking this medicine, you should avoid alcohol.
2. After examining you, she will prescribe medications.
3. Before the doctor exits the exam room, you can ask questions.
4. Because the medicines are expensive, many people cannot afford them.
5. Having comprehensive health insurance, Europeans get many medications for free.

When we reduce them , we remove the finite verb. Why do we still call them clauses when they don't have any finite verbs.

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Will the rduced form still be a clause?

Great you explain very well

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Hi Gemma! I'd say it was an amazing lesson because you explained to us every nuance of Adverb clauses in the simple way.
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Very helpful and complete

Isn’t it the particle clauses?

Your lesson is a very useful

Hi ma'am, I understand the topic after coming across your video, and I must say the lesson has been coherently articulated. Thank you for that! tho I have a doubt that is can't we reduce the adverb clause of manner, condition, and even concession, can we?

1. When you take this medicine, you should avoid alcohol.
When taking medicine, you should avoid alcohol.
2. After the doctor examines you, she will prescribe medications.
After examining you, the doctor will prescribe medications.
3. Before the doctor exits the exam room, you can ask questions.
(We cannot reduce, subjects are different.)
4. Because the medicines are expensive, many people cannot afford them.
(We cannot reduce, subjects are different.)
5. Since Europeans have comprehensive health insurance, they get many medications for free.
Having comprehensive health insurance, Europeans get many medications for free.

Hello, why since answers why?
Do you have any videos on reducing noun and adjectives clauses?
I would be glad if you could clarify

Hi teacher. I hadn’t seen that you had uploaded this video lol. Thanks

Hi, Jenna! Happy Thursday! How's it shaking? Today's a national holiday and I couldn't be happier to take the day off to have so me time and watch your video as well 😃 Thanks so much for teaching us how to grammatically shorten sentences. Quick question. Would it be possible to explain to me which form is correct in the phrases "in the system" and "on the system?" I can never tell when to use the preposition "in" or "on" and your kind explanation would be greatly appreciated. As always, thanks so much for your time and attention. Take care!

1. When taking this medicine, you should avoid alcohol.
2. After examining you, the doctor will prescribe medications.
3. Before the doctor exits the exam room, you can ask questions. (Cannot be reduced as this sentence has two different subjects)
4. Because the medicines are expensive, many people cannot afford them. (Cannot be reduced as this sentence has two different subjects)
5. Having comprehensive health insurance, Europeans get many medications for free.

A great lesson on reduced adverb clauses