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Reducing Adjective Clauses to Adjective Phrases

*If an adjective clause that contains be + a single adjective is changed, the adjective is moved to its normal position in front
of the noun it modifies.
CLAUSE: Fruit that is fresh tastes better than old, soft, mushy fruit.
CORRECT PHRASE: Fresh fruit tastes better than old, soft, mushy fruit.
INCORRECT PHRASE: Fruit fresh tastes better than old, soft, mushy fruit.

Think Tank!

WRITING TIP
Adjective clauses and phrases are useful because they can add interesting

and relevant information to your writing in an efficient way. However, you want to

be sure that the information is necessary or adds related information. Because
adjective clauses can sound "academic" or very impressive, it may be tempting to

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