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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Crossing miles of frustrations and rivers a raging
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Anonymous Crossing miles of frustrations and rivers a raging That is not a complete sentence; it is a non-finite clause. Crossing — This is a verb form which is either a present participle or a gerund (there is no way to judge without the complete sentence) miles of frustrations and rivers a-raging — This is the compound object of the verb 'crossing' of frustrations — This is a prepositional adjective for the noun 'miles'. a-raging — This is an archaic post-modifying adjective of the noun 'rivers'.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous Crossing miles of frustrations and rivers a raging That is not a complete sentence; it is a non-finite clause.
  • Crossing — This is a verb form which is either a present participle or a gerund (there is no way to judge without the complete sentence) miles of frustrations and rivers a-raging — This is the compound object of the verb 'crossing' of frustrations — This is a prepositional adjective for the noun 'miles'.
  • a-raging — This is an archaic post-modifying adjective of the noun 'rivers'.
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AnonymousCrossing miles of frustrations and rivers a raging
That is not a complete sentence; it is a non-finite clause.

Crossing— This is a verb form which is either a present participle or a gerund (there is no way to judge without the complete sentence)
miles of frustrations and rivers a-raging— This is the compound object o
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