Adverbial vs adjectival participle
(a) The teacher, not realizing that some of the students had not gotten the point, moved on to the next unit in the book.
1. Is it an adverbial or adjectival participle? To me, it's adverbial.
2. Is the following equivalent to the above sentence?
(b) The teacher who didn't realize that some of the students had not gotten the point moved on to the next unit in the book.
I believe the answer is no. Two reasons:
1. (b) is adjectival.
2. (b) It suggests there are other teachers that DID realize!
Thanks.
Top answer
Your analysis is good. I'd just say that not realizing that some of the students had not gotten the point is a participle clause and it's not a modifier of 'teacher'. You added a lot more detail.
- Your analysis is good.
- I'd just say that not realizing that some of the students had not gotten the point is a participle clause and it's not a modifier of 'teacher'.
- You added a lot more detail.
- Mr genuine It suggests there are other teachers that DID realize!
- Just a minor point.
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Your analysis is good.
I'd just say that not realizing that some of the students had not gotten the point is a participle clause and it's not a modifier of 'teacher'. You added a lot more detail.
Mr genuineIt suggests there are other teachers that DID realize!
Just a minor point. As written, yes, it suggests that, but you can easily add
0Mr genuine(a) The teacher, not realizing that some of the students had not gotten the point, moved on to the next unit in the book.1. Is it an adverbial or adjectival participle? To me, it's adverbial.
It's an adjunct, but not of the modifying kind. It does not combine with the NP "the teacher" to form a larger NP, but a
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