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Bloodyhelmet Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

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0 Given the fact that I am usually a scab picker, the five-year-old inside wants 02br
00to rip the gauze off and watch what happens. 02br
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00Given=Provided(Providing)??? 02br
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00When the word "given" is put in the front of the sentence ,does it always mean granting a supposition? 0-
  

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) 02br 00I think "given the fact" is similar to "since". 0-

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  • ) 02br 00I think "given the fact" is similar to "since".
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0 Hello, Bloodyhelmet (no bike crash, I hope?) 02br
00I think "given the fact" is similar to "since". 0-
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0 Hi bloodyhelmet. 02br
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00Here's a good reference on the use of given and other participles as prepositions: 05000 02br
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00You are pretty much right, it signifies supposition/assumption/acknowledgement of the first clause as a condition or cause for the second clause. 0250hrefhttp://www.grammarstation.com/servlet/GGuide?type=PPLEAP
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0 Dear ****** Helmet, 02br
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00If you want to reach a box on a shelf, you are given a ladder. 02br
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00If you want to reach a fact in the second clause, you are given a 'given' in the first. 02br
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00It is not a good metaphor, perhaps. 05002br
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00Kind regards, 02br
00Goldmund 010id
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