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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
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Following

At the end of the enthralling four-match series, which India won 2-1 following victory in the Dharamsala Test, Kohli had said that his views on friendship with the Australians have changed

Is "following" a present participle functoning adverbially means after in the context by answering the question "when"?

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Jigneshbharati Is "following" a present participle functioning adverbially means after in the context by answering the question "when"? At the end of the enthralling four-match series, which India won 2-1 following victory in the Dharamsala Test , Kohli had said that his views on friendship with the Australians have changed . "Following" is a preposition here.

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  • Jigneshbharati Is "following" a present participle functioning adverbially means after in the context by answering the question "when"?
  • At the end of the enthralling four-match series, which India won 2-1 following victory in the Dharamsala Test , Kohli had said that his views on friendship with the Australians have changed .
  • "Following" is a preposition here.
  • The underlined constituent is a preposition phrase functioning as an adjunct (adverbial) of time modifying "won".
  • " Note: "following" is sometimes called a "participial preposition" because it arises from the conversion of the present participle verb-form "following".
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JigneshbharatiIs "following" a present participle functioning adverbially means after in the context by answering the question "when"?

At the end of the enthralling four-match series, which India won 2-1 following victory in the Dharamsala Test, Kohli had said that his views on friendship with the Australians have changed.

"Following" is

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