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Nocy Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
combining vs combined
0 //To see so much power combining with such lack of foresight is really disquieting for us Europeans.// 02 br
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00 my teacher said " this sentence is ungrammatical sentence. 02 br
00 in this sentence, 'combinig' is wrong. 'combined' is right. " 02 br
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00 but, why?? why is 'combining' wrong?? 02 br
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00 ex) Hydrogen combines with oxygen to form water. 02 br
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00 it's totally grammatical sentence. if so, why is 'combining' wrong in that sentence?? 02 br
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00 in my opinion, if ' Hydrogen combines with oxygen to form water.' is no problem, 02 br
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00 'To see so much power combining with such lack of foresight is really disquieting for us Europeans.' should be right. 02 br
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00 teach me please / 0-
02 br
00 my teacher said " this sentence is ungrammatical sentence. 02 br
00 in this sentence, 'combinig' is wrong. 'combined' is right. " 02 br
02 br
00 but, why?? why is 'combining' wrong?? 02 br
02 br
00 ex) Hydrogen combines with oxygen to form water. 02 br
02 br
00 it's totally grammatical sentence. if so, why is 'combining' wrong in that sentence?? 02 br
02 br
00 in my opinion, if ' Hydrogen combines with oxygen to form water.' is no problem, 02 br
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00 'To see so much power combining with such lack of foresight is really disquieting for us Europeans.' should be right. 02 br
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00 teach me please / 0-
Top answer
0 Your teacher is right. 02 br 02 br 00 "Combined" is an adjective and bears a perfect meaning: the process of combining is complete and out of focus. Only the result (the two objects combined) matters.
- 0 Your teacher is right.
- 02 br 02 br 00 "Combined" is an adjective and bears a perfect meaning: the process of combining is complete and out of focus.
- Only the result (the two objects combined) matters.
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0 Your teacher is right. Power and lack of foresight are not elements of the Mendeleev table 05 0 02 br
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00 Using "combining" would move the reader's attention toward the very process of combining, which is certainly not what you want to express. 02 br
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00 "Combined" is an adjective and bears a perfect meaning: the process of combining is comple
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00 Using "combining" would move the reader's attention toward the very process of combining, which is certainly not what you want to express. 02 br
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00 "Combined" is an adjective and bears a perfect meaning: the process of combining is comple
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0 Teacher's right. -ing forms make a process real, developing right then. 02 br
00 A very possible reading of 01 b 00 your 02 b 00 sentence is: 02 br
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01 i 00 To see so much power 01 b 00 (that is) combining right now 02 b 00 with such lack of foresight is really disquieting for us Europeans. 02 i 02 br
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00 A very possible reading of 01 b 00 your 02 b 00 sentence is: 02 br
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01 i 00 To see so much power 01 b 00 (that is) combining right now 02 b 00 with such lack of foresight is really disquieting for us Europeans. 02 i 02 br
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