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Silak12 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Facing ?

Hye everyone! Could you please tell me why do we use subject after the word "facing" and not before it? like in these example-
"Major problems facing Italy today" (Why it is not"Major problems being faced by Italy today")
Are there other sentences like the one above? Please give me some examples and tell me about its grammatical construction.
Thanks!
  

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silak12 "Major problems facing Italy today Why it is not"Major problems being faced by Italy today" Both sentences are correct and both mean the same thing. The first sentence is just more compact. In both sentences, the subject (major problems) is before "facing" (or "faced").

— KrisBlueNZ

  • silak12 "Major problems facing Italy today Why it is not"Major problems being faced by Italy today" Both sentences are correct and both mean the same thing.
  • The first sentence is just more compact.
  • In both sentences, the subject (major problems) is before "facing" (or "faced").
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silak12"Major problems facing Italy today
Why it is not"Major problems being faced by Italy today"
Both sentences are correct and both mean the same thing.
The first sentence is just more compact.
In both sentences, the subject (major problems) is before "facing" (or "faced").
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Thanks for answering Kris.The meaning I get from this sentence (Major problems facing Italy today) is "Italy being faced by major problems" I mean. How can problems face someone or something? Please could you make it more clear by giving me some examples with other verb-ing?
Thanks!
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