... chased by someone Not all adverb clauses can be reduced Some can be reduced in passive only Some can be reduced in active only, and some can be reduced in both - reduced in ACTIVE: after, before, ... adverb clauses in English such as adverb clauses of time, causality, opposition, condition, manner, and place Not all adverb clauses can be reduced Here are some examples of each type of adverb clauses ... to achieve this is to reduce clauses to phrases when a phrase can the work of a clause Only subordinate clauses can be reduced Reducing Clauses to Phrases REDUCING CLAUSES TO PHRASES • Clause...