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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
A usage of a participle phrase
Thus, the moderation of global warming depends mainly on the richest countries reducing their use of fossil fuels by conserving energy and developing alternative energy sources, such as wind, solar, and geothermal energy.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I'd like to know if the particle phrase "reducing~" expresses a method.
Thank you in advance for your help.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I'd like to know if the particle phrase "reducing~" expresses a method.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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depends mainly on the richest countr ies ' reducing their use of fossil fuels... Does that help?
- depends mainly on the richest countr ies ' reducing their use of fossil fuels...
- Does that help?
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Being a stickler, I would expect an apostrophe:
...depends mainly on the richest countries' reducing their use of fossil fuels...
Does that help?
...depends mainly on the richest countries' reducing their use of fossil fuels...
Does that help?
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