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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Adjectival participle
Some of those prepared to pay a substantial sum of money for the examinations will be able to smugly walk away with medical evidence showing that they really are as young as they feel, [giving] them the confidence to act and dress as if they were younger.
My friend believe that "giving" is an adverbial participle. I think it's adjectival. It seems to modify the noun "evidence". It's the medical evidence that gives them the confidence to act and dress as if they were younger. We could omit "showing that they really are as young as they feel", and the basic meaning would remain -- "Some of those prepared to pay a substantial sum of money for the examinations will be able to smugly walk away with medical evidence giving them the confidence to act and dress as if they were younger."
Correct me.
My friend believe that "giving" is an adverbial participle. I think it's adjectival. It seems to modify the noun "evidence". It's the medical evidence that gives them the confidence to act and dress as if they were younger. We could omit "showing that they really are as young as they feel", and the basic meaning would remain -- "Some of those prepared to pay a substantial sum of money for the examinations will be able to smugly walk away with medical evidence giving them the confidence to act and dress as if they were younger."
Correct me.
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" I can't agree completely. You can argue it either way, but as I interpret it, it's not the medical evidence itself that gives them that confidence; it's the fact that that medical evidence shows that they are as young as they feel that gives them that confidence. , the verb.
- " I can't agree completely.
- You can argue it either way, but as I interpret it, it's not the medical evidence itself that gives them that confidence; it's the fact that that medical evidence shows that they are as young as they feel that gives them that confidence.
- , the verb.
- Also, the fact that you can insert "thereby", a typical implied adverbial link word, before "giving them the confidence" makes it more adverbial than adjectival.
- with medical evidence showing that they really are as young as they feel, thereby giving them the confidence to act and dress as if they were younger.
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AnonymousWe could omit "showing that they really are as young as they feel", and the basic meaning would remain -- "Some of those prepared to pay a substantial sum of money for the examinations will be able to smugly walk away with medical evidence giving them the confidence to act and dress as if they were younger."I can't agree completely. You can argue it
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That's a pretty good interpretation.
"...with medical evidence showing that they really are as young as they feel, giving them the confidence to act and dress as if they were younger."
For the adjectival participle interpretation of "giving", though, there's no need to add words such as "thereby" to clarify the meaning. All we have to do is remove "showing that they really are as youn
"...with medical evidence showing that they really are as young as they feel, giving them the confidence to act and dress as if they were younger."
For the adjectival participle interpretation of "giving", though, there's no need to add words such as "thereby" to clarify the meaning. All we have to do is remove "showing that they really are as youn
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AnonymousFor the adjectival participle interpretation of "giving", though, there's no need to add words such as "thereby" to clarify the meaning.There is no need to add words to clarify either interpretation. The mind will supply whatever relationships are necessary for either interpretation.
AnonymousI assume you recognize that the n
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