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Roky0071 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Could you simplify the meaning of the 'ing' forms of the verbs?

CalifJim

Participle clauses give information about condition, reason, result or time.

Try this link for more information.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/intermediate-grammar/participle-clauses

CJ

I have found a confusing problem against the same concept.

Here is the example taken from Vocabulary.com

'You might handle your little sister's bicycle accident like a pro, cleaning her up, sticking bandages on her knees, and handing her a lollipop.'

Now my question is, in which category does the example belong to 'condition, reason, result and time' as you mentioned above? I am confused. please simplify the meaning also so that I can understand easily.

  

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Just because one website has mentioned four possibilities, it doesn't mean that these are the only possibilities. roky0071 You might handle your little sister's bicycle accident like a pro, cleaning her up, sticking bandages on her knees, and handing her a lollipop. Nevertheless, this sentence is probably closest to the conditional case mentioned on that website.

— CalifJim

  • Just because one website has mentioned four possibilities, it doesn't mean that these are the only possibilities.
  • roky0071 You might handle your little sister's bicycle accident like a pro, cleaning her up, sticking bandages on her knees, and handing her a lollipop.
  • Nevertheless, this sentence is probably closest to the conditional case mentioned on that website.
  • If you wanted to handle your little sister's bicycle accident like a pro (a professional), you would clean her up, stick bandages on her knees, and hand her a lollipop.
  • This is like one of the other examples we have already looked up.
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Just because one website has mentioned four possibilities, it doesn't mean that these are the only possibilities.

roky0071You might handle your little sister's bicycle accident like a pro, cleaning her up, sticking bandages on her knees, and handing her a lollipop.

Nevertheless, this sentence is probably closest to the conditional case mentioned on th

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