"For" is functioning as a coordinate adjective, so "the entertainment..." is a second independent clause and should be treated as such. The entire sentence is compound-complex.--Lori Pahde, MacMurray College Learning Center On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, MAX MORENBERG wrote: > Ed, I think that "as many travelers will remember" is an adverb clause > functioning as an adverb of . . . . I guess I'd say an adverb of > attendant circumstance. That is, the action of the adverb clause is > attendant to the action in the relative clause it disjoins (i t is in > essentially an "and by the way" relationship with it). "Which is seated. . > ." and by the way, many travelers will remember [this]. "For the > entertainment of tourists is the business of the place" is also an adverb > clause, but this one functioning as an adverb of reason. > > > > I have been putting a grammar course on-line, with answer keys, and = > >I'm wondering how members of ATEG would explain "as many travelers will = > >remember" in the following sentence from the opening paragraph of James' = > >"Daisy Miller": > > > >There are, indeed, many hotels, for the entertainment of tourists is the = > >business of the place, which, as many travelers will remember, is seated = > >upon the edge of a remarkably blue lake--a lake that it behooves every = > >tourist to visit.=20 > > > >You might also want to comment on the function of the "for" clause. I will = > >probably include some of your comments as notes =AF disagreements :) =AF = > >to my explanation. > > > >Thanks, > >Ed >