Analysis
Hi.
There would be living inside me an exotic charm, no matter how modern my surroundings get.
What's the form and function of the underlined part, please?
To me, it's a gerund-participial clause functioning as a modifier of 'an exotic charm'.
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If you rewrite it without using the expletive there, you will get this. An exotic charm would be living inside me, no matter how modern my surroundings get.
- If you rewrite it without using the expletive there, you will get this.
- An exotic charm would be living inside me, no matter how modern my surroundings get.
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If you rewrite it without using the expletive there, you will get this.
An exotic charm would be living inside me, no matter how modern my surroundings get.
0Persian LearnerThere would be living inside me an exotic charm, no matter how modern my surroundings get.
This sentence has a somewhat unusual word order. The standard word order is seen when the order of the two underlined sections is switched:
There would be an exotic charm living inside me, no matter ....
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