Topic 7 (session A) - The grammar of complex sentences > Text effects > Task D

Text effects of linking, listing and nesting

Task D - more nesting

The extract below is from the passage from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen , which we looked at in Topic 6, authorial and text style.

What is the grammatical relationship between the bracketed subordinate clause below and the verb that precedes it?

the ladies declared (he was much handsomer than Mr Bingley)

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