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Former England batsman Mark Butcher has given an extraordinary account of the highs and lows of life as an international cricketer, detailing his issues with alcohol and depression throughout a chequered time in the spotlight.
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Is "detailing his.." a participle phrase or a participial clause ? What is its subject and grammatical function in the sentence?
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Former England batsman Mark Butcher has given an extraordinary account of the highs and lows of life as an international cricketer, detailing his issues with alcohol and depression throughout a chequered time in the spotlight . The underlined element is a gerund-participial clause functioning as an adjunct. Like most non-finite clauses, it has no overt subject, though we understand it as having a subject -- in this case the understood subject is "former England batsman Mark Butcher".
- Former England batsman Mark Butcher has given an extraordinary account of the highs and lows of life as an international cricketer, detailing his issues with alcohol and depression throughout a chequered time in the spotlight .
- The underlined element is a gerund-participial clause functioning as an adjunct.
- Like most non-finite clauses, it has no overt subject, though we understand it as having a subject -- in this case the understood subject is "former England batsman Mark Butcher".
- Incidentally, I'm fairly certain that you've asked this, or a very similar, question before.
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Former England batsman Mark Butcher has given an extraordinary account of the highs and lows of life as an international cricketer, detailing his issues with alcohol and depression throughout a chequered time in the spotlight.
The underlined element is
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