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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Attending

The Punjabi wedding will be followed by a Hindu ceremony in Goa on December 2. A starry wedding reception will take place on December 7 in New Delhi, which will see many from corporate world, politicos and Bollywood attending - or so says the guest list.
http://m.rediff.com/cricket/report/pics-from-yuvraj-singh-hazel-keechs-big-day-wedding-yuvi/20161130.htm
What is the grammatical function of "attending" ?
  

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Jigneshbharati What is the grammatical function of "attending "? It's a participial predicate for "many": ... will see many ...

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  • Jigneshbharati What is the grammatical function of "attending "?
  • It's a participial predicate for "many": ...
  • will see many ...
  • who will be attending ...
  • CJ
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JigneshbharatiWhat is the grammatical function of "attending"?
It's a participial predicate for "many": ... will see many ... who will be attending ...

CJ
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Would you kindly example more on "participial predicate" and is it a noun(gerund) or present participle ( adjective)?
thanks
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JigneshbharatiWould you kindly example more on "participial predicate" and is it a noun(gerund) or present participle ( adjective)?thanks
Actually, maybe this is better analyzed as a catenative verb structure.

see many attending / see someone fighting / see the children playing / see a fish swimming

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