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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
A participle phrase taking a noun complement
1) I have made a good many mistakes throughout my life, they (being) traces of my life, but I have been thought much from them.
2) I have made a good many mistakes throughout my life, much of them (being) traces of my life, but I have been thought much from them.
I'd like to know whether I can use such participle phrases taking a noun complement as in #1 or #2.
Thank you in advance for your help.
2) I have made a good many mistakes throughout my life, much of them (being) traces of my life, but I have been thought much from them.
I'd like to know whether I can use such participle phrases taking a noun complement as in #1 or #2.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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"traces of my life" seems an odd thing to say here. "I have been thought much from them" is ungrammatical and I am unsure what you mean by it. "being" is required in (1), but " these being traces of my life" may be more likely.
- "traces of my life" seems an odd thing to say here.
- "I have been thought much from them" is ungrammatical and I am unsure what you mean by it.
- "being" is required in (1), but " these being traces of my life" may be more likely.
- (2) should have "many" not "much".
- "being" is grammatically optional in (2), but because of the overall unusualness I find it hard to judge whether the sentence is better with it or without it.
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"traces of my life" seems an odd thing to say here. "I have been thought much from them" is ungrammatical and I am unsure what you mean by it.
"being" is required in (1), but "these being traces of my life" may be more likely. (2) should have "many" not "much". "being" is grammatically optional in (2), but because of the overall unusualness I find it hard to judge whether the sente
"being" is required in (1), but "these being traces of my life" may be more likely. (2) should have "many" not "much". "being" is grammatically optional in (2), but because of the overall unusualness I find it hard to judge whether the sente
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Thank you very much and I'm so sorry.
I have should put down "taught" in place "thought."
I have should put down "taught" in place "thought."
I thought "much of" can be positioned before a countable noun; I'm so sorry.
(2) should have "many" not "much".
I'd like to know the why. please enlighten me.
"being" is required in (1)
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park sang joonI'd like to know the why. please enlighten me.Sorry, I can't think of anything enlightening to say by way of explanation. "I have made a good many mistakes throughout my life, they traces of my life, ..." just doesn't work (or is an extremely difficult stretch).
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Thank you, GPY, for your candid answer and continuing support.
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"I have made a good many mistakes in my life, but I have learned much from them" is much better than "I have been taught much from them." I don't know what you mean by "traces of my life."
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... but if you were to use "taught", I think it should be "I have been taught much by them" (or "they have taught me much", of course). Sorry, I meant to say that earlier.
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