English grammar
Hello ,
I want to ask one question here.the below are spoken words of native English speaker.
1) I work as a language assistant, teaching English.
Can you break the sentence above?
I don't understand a part of sentence that is after comma.( i.e teaching English).
Thanks in advance
Top answer
ritik teaching English This is a participle clause. It's a way of adding more information to a sentence without making a whole new sentence. So your sentence is like a shorter way of saying this: I work as a language assistant, and one of the things I do as a language assistant is teach English.
- ritik teaching English This is a participle clause.
- It's a way of adding more information to a sentence without making a whole new sentence.
- So your sentence is like a shorter way of saying this: I work as a language assistant, and one of the things I do as a language assistant is teach English.
- CJ
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ritikteaching English
This is a participle clause. It's a way of adding more information to a sentence without making a whole new sentence.
So your sentence is like a shorter way of saying this:
I work as a language assistant, and one of the things I do as a language assistant is teach English.
CJ
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