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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Died fighting, adverb?
I am wondering about the phrase used by the Arizona governor, stating that her father" died fighting the Nazis". What part of speech is "fighting" in this usage? It seems to be modifying "died", is it therefore an adverbial form?
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Yes, I believe that you are correct. " This grammarian explains: (a) "bathing" is an adjective participle. (b) It refers to the subject.
- Yes, I believe that you are correct.
- " This grammarian explains: (a) "bathing" is an adjective participle.
- (b) It refers to the subject.
- " Thus, it is playing an ADVERBIAL role.
- (i) In other words, it is just a shorter way of saying: He was drowned [while he was ] bathing in the river.
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Yes, I believe that you are correct.
One excellent grammar book gives a somewhat similar sentence:
"He was drowned BATHING IN THE RIVER."
This grammarian explains:
(a) "bathing" is an adjective participle.
(b) It refers to the subject.
(c) But it also relates to the verb "was drowned." Thus, it is playing
an ADVERBIAL role.
One excellent grammar book gives a somewhat similar sentence:
"He was drowned BATHING IN THE RIVER."
This grammarian explains:
(a) "bathing" is an adjective participle.
(b) It refers to the subject.
(c) But it also relates to the verb "was drowned." Thus, it is playing
an ADVERBIAL role.
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He died fighting. - Fighting is a present particple, period. That would be the cleanest explanation becasue 'fighting' described how he died. In that sense, it has an adverbial property to the sentence.
I think if you take "fighting" as an adjective, it may be border-line incorrect in the "part-of-speech" sense.
I think if you take "fighting" as an adjective, it may be border-line incorrect in the "part-of-speech" sense.
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