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Fyr3fox Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

"being done" vs nothing

"The cutting edge work on XYZ has triggered my curiosity " vs

"The cutting edge work being done on XYZ has triggered my curiosity "

What could be the difference?
Thanks in advance!
  

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Here is the whole sentence, do take that into account - "The cutting edge work 'being done/ " on XYZ, using effective design in making ABC cost-efficient has triggered my curiosity. " Help!

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  • Here is the whole sentence, do take that into account - "The cutting edge work 'being done/ " on XYZ, using effective design in making ABC cost-efficient has triggered my curiosity.
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Here is the whole sentence, do take that into account -

"The cutting edge work 'being done/ " on XYZ, using effective design in making ABC cost-efficient has triggered my curiosity. "

Help!
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Hi,

The cutting-edge (<<< hyphen) work on XYZ has triggered my curiosity " The work may already have been completed

vs

"The cutting edge work being done on XYZ has triggered my curiosity " The work is in progress

What could be the difference?

Here is the whole sentence, do take that into account -

"The cut
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Thanks mate. That's solved one problem.

Actually XYZ, ABC are unrelated and both are different sentences. So I was wondering whether I should use has/have?

"The cutting-edge work (being done on XYZ), (using effective design to make ABC cost-efficient) has triggered my curiosity."

My intention was something like this: (work being done on XYZ), (work bein
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Hi,



Please try to write the sentence or sentences for us, as correctly as you can.

It's easier for us to comment on actual sentences than it is to comment on explanations about sentences.



Hint - Don't use brackets.



Clive
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Sorry for making it complex.
Here is the sentence:

"The cutting-edge work being done on XYZ, using effective design to make ABC cost-efficient has triggered my curiosity."

--> XYZ, ABC sentences are two different sentences.
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Hi,

Sorry for making it complex.

Here is the sentence:

"The cutting-edge work being done on XYZ, using effective design to make ABC cost-efficient has triggered my curiosity." This is one sentence.

--> XYZ, ABC sentences are two different sentences. You are giving me one sentence, and telling me it is two sentences. I'm starting to wonder if
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oops! I made it even complex. Yes, that's a single sentence.Sorry, But I was using 'two' word in the context that you have combined ABC, XYZ parts which were separated by a comma.

That's what I meant - 'parts'.

thanks for your patience.

So, is the single sentence grammatically correct?
Though I really should not be asking this - the term 'has' refers to?
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