Arising
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No other business arising, the meeting was adjourned.
Please explain the grammatical form and function of "arising".
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Jigneshbharati "arising" It's the verb of the participle clause "no other business arising". Participle clauses do not usually contain an explicit subject. In those cases the implied subject is the same as the subject of the main clause.
- Jigneshbharati "arising" It's the verb of the participle clause "no other business arising".
- Participle clauses do not usually contain an explicit subject.
- In those cases the implied subject is the same as the subject of the main clause.
- In this case the participle clause does have a subject: "no other business".
- (When this happens it is sometimes called an "absolute construction".
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Jigneshbharati"arising"
It's the verb of the participle clause "no other business arising".
Participle clauses do not usually contain an explicit subject. In those cases the implied subject is the same as the subject of the main clause.
In this case the participle clause does have a subject: "no other business". (When this happens it is
0No other business arising, the meeting was adjourned.
"Arising": its form is gerund-participle verb, and its function is predicator.
More specifically, it is head of the gerund-participial clause no other business arising, functioning as a supplementary adjunct.
The clause belongs to what is known as the 'absolute' construction, i.e. one that has a
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