Talk:Ravenfeather's Gift/@comment-1333071-20110123143034/@comment-1333071-20110124150605

Take a look at Chapter 1, for example-- the very first paragraph.

''It was leaf-bare. Ravenfeather was stalking a sparrow. His prey oblivious to danger. Ravenfeather was surprised that he could find any prey at all.''

"His prey obvious to danger" is a dependent clause, or part of a sentence that needs another sentence to make it make sense.

How do you tell it's a dependent clause? Every sentence needs a noun and a verb. You think that the verb is "obvious" (oblivious, for the record), but it actually isn't.

Ottersplash needs to add the word "was" into the sentence. "Was oblivious" will be the verb phrase in this sentence.

Yes, I know that made me sound like a grammar freak, but that's just what needs to happen.

And, Otter, if you think that your sentence is grammatically correct without "was", say it out loud. Have somebody else say it out loud. It will make NO sense.