Recognize more openers of secondary clauses in mainClause
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@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
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// if a clause starts with these, it's not a main clause
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const subordinate = `(after|although|as|because|before|if|since|than|that|though|when|whenever|where|whereas|wherever|whether|while|why|unless|until|once)`
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// followed by a number, 'since' or 'once' is a preposition or an adverb ('since 2010', 'once upon a time')
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const subordinate = `(after|although|as|because|before|if|since|than|that|though|when|whenever|where|whereas|wherever|whether|while|why|unless|until|once) !(#Value|upon|then|now)`
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const relative = `(that|which|whichever|who|whoever|whom|whose|whomever)`
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// a subordinator or relative pronoun only makes the clause secondary when it
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@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ const mainClause = function (s) {
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m = m.ifNo('^so that')
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m = m.ifNo('^rather than')
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m = m.ifNo('^provided that')
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m = m.ifNo('^in case')
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if (m.length === 1) {
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return m
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}
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@@ -55,6 +57,13 @@ const mainClause = function (s) {
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return m
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}
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// an infinitive or an inverted condition ('To win ...', 'Had I known ...')
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m = m.ifNo('^to #Infinitive')
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m = m.ifNo('^#Condition')
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if (m.length === 1) {
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return m
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}
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// did we go too far?
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if (m.length === 0) {
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m = s
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