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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

adverbial or nominal?

Hi

Her mother, being such an attentive person, spotted this at once.

Is the bracketed part in bold an adverbial(participle) supplementive clause? I think so.

Or is it a gerund clause? I do not think so, because we do not make recourse to whiz deletion with non-restrictive relative clauses.

You agree?

Thanks.
  

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Sure we do-- Her mother, always the caregiver, spotted this at once. Her mother, wearing only her leotard, spotted this at once.

— Mister Micawber

  • Sure we do-- Her mother, always the caregiver, spotted this at once.
  • Her mother, wearing only her leotard, spotted this at once.
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Sure we do--

Her mother, always the caregiver, spotted this at once.
Her mother, wearing only her leotard, spotted this at once.
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