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connecting two separate ideas with "und" within a single dass-clause
You can write ".... und er dann die Bäckerei sehe" (conjunctive). In this case the "dass" is implicit.
You can also make the "dass" explicit:
"... und dass er dann ...
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connecting two separate ideas with "und" within a single dass-clause
Yes, the connection is possible, you just have to switch two words:
Sie antwortet, dass er von hier geradeaus gehen sollte und [dass] er
dann die Bäckerei hinten rechts an der Schule sieht.
The ...
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connecting two separate ideas with "und" within a single dass-clause
There are several issues with this sentence:
First, "Sie antwortet ...". Everything after that is indirekte Rede (reported speech) and hence has to be in Konjunktiv (subjunctive mood). You ...
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"Sätze und satzwertige Infinitivphrasen können Gegenstand von Ausklammerung ins Nachfeld sein."-English translation
"Sentence-worthy" strikes me as odd, I would propose:
Infinitival clauses may undergo extraposition to the Nachfeld, (or: may undergo rightward shift into the Nachfeld.)
"Satzwertiger ...
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"Sätze und satzwertige Infinitivphrasen können Gegenstand von Ausklammerung ins Nachfeld sein."-English translation
You rightly complain concerning the awful style.
Referring Wikipedia: Feldermodell I see, that Ausklammerung is moving from within the Satzklammer/Mittelfeld towards the Nachfeld. (Note, that ins ...
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Unusual word order: Passive mit Modalverben im Plusquamperfekt
This somewhat advanced position of the finite verb in a clause-final complex predicate is called "Oberfeld". A detailed explanation is here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Grammatik#...
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Unusual word order: Passive mit Modalverben im Plusquamperfekt
This is a special word order rule that kicks in when you have an Ersatzinfinitiv and dependent clause word order. The conjugated form of haben leads the row of infinitives then.
This is mandatory for ...
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What is the significance of different orderings of several adverbs: leider / immer noch
Your heading suggests your question relates to the ordering of the two adverbs, but "leider ... immer noch" have the same order in both German examples. The variants differ in the ordering ...
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