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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Expressing
The shooting sent shock waves across the Indian-American community here with people expressing concerns over their safety in an enviornment of xenophobic and racist rhetoric in the country.
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What is the grammatical function of "expressing" here? I understand the meaning of it just needs explanation about its grammatical form and function.
Is it present participle functioning adjectivially modifying "people or a non finite clause acting adverbially-which of these questions does it answer-how, when, where, why or to what extent?
I would appreciate an elaborate answer.
Thank you in advance.
Indian American girl racially abused in New York train - Rediff.com India News
What is the grammatical function of "expressing" here? I understand the meaning of it just needs explanation about its grammatical form and function.
Is it present participle functioning adjectivially modifying "people or a non finite clause acting adverbially-which of these questions does it answer-how, when, where, why or to what extent?
I would appreciate an elaborate answer.
Thank you in advance.
Top answer
Jigneshbharati with people expressing concerns over their safety in an enviornment of xenophobic and racist rhetoric in the country. This with -clause is a participle clause with an explicit subject ( people ). The relationships that participle clauses can have with the main clause are various.
- Jigneshbharati with people expressing concerns over their safety in an enviornment of xenophobic and racist rhetoric in the country.
- This with -clause is a participle clause with an explicit subject ( people ).
- The relationships that participle clauses can have with the main clause are various.
- I'd say that this participle clause is a result clause.
- All such subordinate non-finite clauses can be considered adverbial in nature.
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Jigneshbharatiwith people expressing concerns over their safety in an enviornment of xenophobic and racist rhetoric in the country.
This with-clause is a participle clause with an explicit subject (people). The relationships that participle clauses can have with the main clause are various. I'd say that this participle clause is a result cla
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