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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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Blowing it up
The missile hit the car, blowing it up.
Is "blowing it up" natural to mean it exploded?
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anonymous The missile hit the car, blowing it up. Is "blowing it up" natural to mean it exploded? Yes.
- anonymous The missile hit the car, blowing it up.
- Is "blowing it up" natural to mean it exploded?
- Yes.
- That's fine.
- The meaning is clear.
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anonymousThe missile hit the car, blowing it up.
Is "blowing it up" natural to mean it exploded?
Yes. That's fine. The meaning is clear.
That's a resultative participle clause, if you're interested in knowing what it's called. It's pretty easy to spot these because you can add "thereby" before the clause without changing the meaning.
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