LessonsWhen the Predicate Is a Clause: Strengthened Attribution, Causal Predication, and Adverbial PhrasesQuiz

The objection is that a relative clause is precisely a syntactic environment where clausal material is expected; the predicate position differs in its usual baseline form.

وَأُجِيبَ بِأَنَّ الصِّلَةَ مِنْ مَظَانِّ الْجُمْلَةِ بِخِلَافِ الْخَبَرِ
It was answered that the relative construction is among the places where a clause is expected, unlike the predicate.

The analytical lesson is that evidence should be transferred across syntactic environments cautiously. A superficially identical adverbial phrase may need an argument tailored to its grammatical position.

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The objection: relative clause versus predicate

When the Predicate Is a Clause: Strengthened Attribution, Causal Predication, and Adverbial Phrases

The objection is that a relative clause is precisely a syntactic environment where clausal material is expected; the predicate position differs in its usual baseline form.

وَأُجِيبَ بِأَنَّ الصِّلَةَ مِنْ مَظَانِّ الْجُمْلَةِ بِخِلَافِ الْخَبَرِ
It was answered that the relative construction is among the places where a clause is expected, unlike the predicate.

The analytical lesson is that evidence should be transferred across syntactic environments cautiously. A superficially identical adverbial phrase may need an argument tailored to its grammatical position.