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Taka Posted 18 years ago
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becoming

0・00Becoming 00a full member of society00, I realized that there were many rules to follow in society.02br
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00How would you native speakers interpret the 'becoming...' above?02br
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00(1) As I was (in the process of) becoming a full member of society,02br
00(2) When/After I became a full member of society,02br
00(3) Either, depending on context.0-
  

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0I choose 1 because if you want to say #2, you can use "having become"0-

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  • 0I choose 1 because if you want to say #2, you can use "having become"0-
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0I choose 1 because if you want to say #2, you can use "having become"0-
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00Yes, #1. Although it's not a very natural way to say it.02br
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00Clive0-
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0Good!02br
00So even if the sentence were:02br
00・00Reaching a certain age00, 00I realized that....02br
00the feel would be the same 'in-the-process'? 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Not to the same extent, no. Ths versionseems to focus more on the fact that now you are 'at that certain age'.02br
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00I guess we don't tend to think of 'reaching' as an on-going process in a context like this.02br
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00Clive0-
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0Would you come up with other examples of a reduced adverb phrase '-ing' which don't really imply an on-going process? 0-
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0Seeing you here, I am reminded of the time...0-
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0GG, doesn't that 'seeing' imply something you are doing at the moment rather than something you've completed? 0-
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0Yes, at the moment, but not an on-going (long time to get to this point) process. Sorry, I may have misunderstood what you were looking for.0-
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0 IMO (I prefer the first here): 02br
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01u01b00In the process/course of02b00 becoming 02u00a full member of society00, I realized that there were many rules to follow in society.02br
01u01b00Along the course of02b00 becoming 02u00a full member of society00, I realized that ther
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Yes, at the moment, but not an on-going (long time to get to this point) process. Sorry, I may have misunderstood what you were looking for.12br
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10I should have stuck to my term 'in the process' instead. Sorry about the confusion.02br
00So Clive, you wouldn'
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