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Lozen, an Apache, or Nde, woman who resisted U.S. and Mexican domination was known for her bravery, military prowess, and dedication to her people’s safety during a tumultuous period in Apache history. https://t.co/g0SnV15N9v
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Lozen, an Apache, or Nde, woman who resisted U.S. and Mexican domination, was known for her bravery, military prowess, and dedication to her people’s safety during a tumultuous period in Apache history.
– What is the subject of this sentence?
The subject of this sentence is Lozen.
An Apache, or Nde, woman who resisted U.S. and Mexican domination was known for her bravery is an appositive (a noun, noun phrase, or noun clause that gives additional information to another noun or noun phrase).
This appositive gives additional information to the noun Lozen.
– Is the subject singular or plural?
The subject is singular because Lozen refers to one person.
– What is the tense of the sentence?
The sentence uses a past simple tense.
Lozen, an Apache, or Nde, woman who resisted U.S. and Mexican domination, was known for her bravery, military prowess, and dedication to her people’s safety during a tumultuous period in Apache history.
Subject + was + past participle
This is the grammar pattern of past simple tense in passive form.
– Is this an active or passive sentence?
The sentence is a passive sentence.
Lozen… was known…
Subject + was + past participle
This is the grammar pattern of past simple tense in passive form.
The action is knowing and the doer of this action is not Lozen (the subject).
In passive sentence, subject is not the one doing the action.
Lozen was known… (passive)
Many people knew Lozen… (active)
– Is there a noun, adjective or adverb clause in this sentence?
The core sentence is:
Lozen was known for her bravery, military prowess, and dedication to her people’s safety during a tumultuous period in Apache history.
This core sentence doesn’t have a noun, adjective or adverb clause.
An Apache, or Nde, woman who resisted U.S. and Mexican domination is an appositive.
This appositive contains an adjective clause.
An adjective clause gives additional information to a noun or noun phrase.
an Apache, or Nde, woman = noun phrase
who resisted U.S. and Mexican domination = adjective clause