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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Facing

Wipro chairman Azim Premji has sent a letter to the company's 170,000+ employees warning of dangers facing the world and the IT industry
http://m.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/wipro-chairman-azim-premjis-letter-to-employees/articleshow/56307201.cms?utm_source=toimweb&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=toimweb_hptopnews
Please explain the grammatical form and function of "facing"?
  

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a letter to the company's 170,000+ employees [that is] warning of dangers facing the world...

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...a letter to the company's 170,000+ employees [that is] warning of dangers facing the world...
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Is "warning" a noun and "facing" a verb?
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JigneshbharatiIs "warning" a noun and "facing" a verb?
No, they are both participles heading nonfinite clauses.
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Thank you, so what do they modify here?
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warning => letter
facing => dangers

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