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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Adverbial ing phrase

You want to start with an oven that's preheated at a high temperature to seal the meat thus preventing a loss of juices while at the same time caramelizing the surface.

1) Underlined participle phrase: What question does this adverbial participle answer?



2) Does the same ing phrase modify 'to seal the meat'?





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Last October, there was a very good thread on participial phrases such as yours. Hopefully, some veteran members will supply the links. Basically speaking, it seemed to some posters that your sentence is really two sentences.

  • Last October, there was a very good thread on participial phrases such as yours.
  • Hopefully, some veteran members will supply the links.
  • Basically speaking, it seemed to some posters that your sentence is really two sentences.
  • That is, "thus preventing a loss of juices" modifies nothing.
  • That is, you could write: You want to start an oven that's preheated at a high temperature to seal the meat.
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Last October, there was a very good thread on participial phrases such as yours. Hopefully, some veteran members will supply the links.

Basically speaking, it seemed to some posters that your sentence is really two sentences. That is, "thus preventing a loss of juices" modifies nothing.

That is, you could write: You want to start an oven that's preheated at a high temperature
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You want to start with an oven that's preheated at a high temperature to seal the meat thus preventing a loss of juices while at the same time caramelizing the surface.

1) Underlined participle phrase: What question does this adverbial participle answer? Why? (For what purpose?) Why seal the meat? To preve

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