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What is hollow clause ? Please explain with references.​

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Answered by rekhaaayadav70
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I saw this term "hollow clause" in a grammar book, but the grammar book doesn't explain thoroughly about it. It does say:

Most non-finite clauses have no overt subject, but the interpretation of the clause requires that an understood subject be retrieved from the linguistic or non-linguistic context. There are also non-finite clauses in which a non-subject NP is missing

Answered by aradhaya53
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Hollow clause' is sometimes use with reference to legal clauses, where it refers to a clause that is meaningless, useless, or insincere.

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