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    This document discusses how the subject and topic of a sentence can be linked in English. It provides examples of ordinary clauses where the subject and topic are the same, such as "The dog bit the little girl" and passive voice constructions like "The little girl was bitten by the dog." The document notes that other structures can also show the topic, like "As for the little girl, the dog bit her" and "It was the little girl that the dog bit." These alternative structures allow the topic of the sentence to be something other than the grammatical subject.

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    This document discusses how the subject and topic of a sentence can be linked in English. It provides examples of ordinary clauses where the subject and topic are the same, such as "The dog bit the little girl" and passive voice constructions like "The little girl was bitten by the dog." The document notes that other structures can also show the topic, like "As for the little girl, the dog bit her" and "It was the little girl that the dog bit." These alternative structures allow the topic of the sentence to be something other than the grammatical subject.

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    This document discusses how the subject and topic of a sentence can be linked in English. It provides examples of ordinary clauses where the subject and topic are the same, such as "The dog bit the little girl" and passive voice constructions like "The little girl was bitten by the dog." The document notes that other structures can also show the topic, like "As for the little girl, the dog bit her" and "It was the little girl that the dog bit." These alternative structures allow the topic of the sentence to be something other than the grammatical subject.

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    In an ordinary English clause, the subject is normally the same as the topic/theme (example 1),
    even in the passive voice (where the subject is a patient, not an agent: example 2):
    ● (1) The dog bit the little girl.
    ● (2) The little girl was bitten by the dog.
    These clauses have different topics: the first is about the dog, and the second about the little girl.
    In English it is also possible to use other sentence structures to show the topic of the sentence,
    as in the following:
    ● (3) As for the little girl, the dog bit her.
    ● (4) It was the little girl that the dog bit.
    the rain
    being angry with him
    DESPITE
    not going to the party
    IN SPITE OF
    the pain in his leg
    the inconveniences
    the poor condition of the room

    THOUGH = ANYWAY

    “I’ve already eaten. Thank you, though”.


    it was raining

    ALTHOUGH we didn’t go to the party


    EVEN THOUGH his leg throbbed with pain
    there were some inconveniences
    the condition of the room was pretty poor

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