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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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Can someone please explain this sentence to me?

"I appreciate God giving me life." I am trying to explain this sentence to a person whose first language is Korean. First of all, is this a simple sentence? Second of all, is God giving me life an object phrase or something like that? Is giving even a verb in this sentence? I thought that in order for an -ing verb to be a verb, it would have to have an auxillary verb attached. Is the "to be" verb implied here? Any help is appreciated. Thank you

  

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anonymous First of all, is this a simple sentence? No. Simple sentences have only one clause.

— CalifJim

  • anonymous First of all, is this a simple sentence?
  • No.
  • Simple sentences have only one clause.
  • The whole sentence is one clause and *** giving me life is another clause.
  • The first clause is a finite clause.
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anonymousFirst of all, is this a simple sentence?

No. Simple sentences have only one clause.

The whole sentence is one clause and *** giving me life is another clause. The first clause is a finite clause. The finite verb form is 'appreciate'. The second clause is a non-finite clause. The non-finite verb form is 'giving'.

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giving here is a gerund, which means that it is the noun-like form of th verb.

eg I like reading.

eg Reading is fun.

eg Giving a gift is fun.

eg Tom's giving a gift is kind.

eg I appreciate *** giving me life."

First of all, is this a simple sentence? Yes

Second of all, is *** giving me life an object phrase o

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