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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Does this type of phrase have a name?
While reading some abstracts for presentations, I came across the following two sentences:
Straight from the source, this presentation looks into the most common topics addressed by our support team.
Empowered with this information, you'll be able to either avoid these particular issues altogether or at the very least expedite resolution.
I'm trying to explain what the first part of these sentences are. Do they have a special name? Is this "proper" or "acceptable English?
Straight from the source, this presentation looks into the most common topics addressed by our support team.
Empowered with this information, you'll be able to either avoid these particular issues altogether or at the very least expedite resolution.
I'm trying to explain what the first part of these sentences are. Do they have a special name? Is this "proper" or "acceptable English?
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Anonymous Is this "proper" or "acceptable English? Yes. It's fine.
- Anonymous Is this "proper" or "acceptable English?
- Yes.
- It's fine.
- They just provide more information about the subject.
- The presentation is straight from the source, and 'you' will be empowered with this information.
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AnonymousIs this "proper" or "acceptable English?Yes. It's fine. They just provide more information about the subject.
The presentation is straight from the source, and 'you' will be empowered with this information.
There are all kinds of terms that apply to the various forms these phrases and clauses can occur in. It may depend on which
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Hi,
It will depend on the construction of the phrases. It can be prepositional, participle or adjectival. For yours:
The first one, with "while reading" is a present participle phrase.
The second one:"Straight from the source", looks to me is missing a participle. The third one is a adjectival phrase formed by the past participle "empowered". All these phrases function adverbially wi
It will depend on the construction of the phrases. It can be prepositional, participle or adjectival. For yours:
The first one, with "while reading" is a present participle phrase.
The second one:"Straight from the source", looks to me is missing a participle. The third one is a adjectival phrase formed by the past participle "empowered". All these phrases function adverbially wi
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