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Swagatalakshmi Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Gerund or Participle ?
Consider the follwoing sentences :
Five fledging sea eagles left their nests in western Scotland this summer, bringing to 34 the number of wild birds successfully raised since transplants from Norway began in 1975.
"On Thursday August 31st the UN’s Security Council passed a resolution authorising 17,300 peacekeepers and a few thousand civilian police to be deployed in Darfur"
Are these underlined words participles ? if yes, what are these modifying ?
Are these gerunds ? if yes, what function these are performing (example : adverbial clause, object, object complements etc) ?
Five fledging sea eagles left their nests in western Scotland this summer, bringing to 34 the number of wild birds successfully raised since transplants from Norway began in 1975.
"On Thursday August 31st the UN’s Security Council passed a resolution authorising 17,300 peacekeepers and a few thousand civilian police to be deployed in Darfur"
Are these underlined words participles ? if yes, what are these modifying ?
Are these gerunds ? if yes, what function these are performing (example : adverbial clause, object, object complements etc) ?
Top answer
1. Five fledging sea eagles left their nests in western Scotland this summer, so they brought to 34 the number of wild birds successfully raised since transplants from Norway began in 1975. 2.
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- Five fledging sea eagles left their nests in western Scotland this summer, so they brought to 34 the number of wild birds successfully raised since transplants from Norway began in 1975.
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- "On Thursday August 31st the UN’s Security Council passed a resolution that authorizes 17,300 peacekeepers and a few thousand civilian police to be deployed in Darfur" or 3.
- "On Thursday August 31st the UN’s Security Council passed a resolution by which they authorized 17,300 peacekeepers and a few thousand civilian police to be deployed in Darfur" Function: Present participle for a separate clause with the same subject (or in the case 2.
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1. Five fledging sea eagles left their nests in western Scotland this summer, so they brought to 34 the number of wild birds successfully raised since transplants from Norway began in 1975.
2. "On Thursday August 31st the UN’s Security Council passed a resolution that authorizes 17,300 peacekeepers and a few thousand civilian police to be deployed in Darfur"
2. "On Thursday August 31st the UN’s Security Council passed a resolution that authorizes 17,300 peacekeepers and a few thousand civilian police to be deployed in Darfur"
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I'm sorry but I still didn't get it.
Can you explain the relationship between "Five fledging sea eagles left their nests in western Scotland this summer" and "bringing to 34 the number of wild birds successfully raised since transplants from Norway began in 1975."
The partciple "bringing" modifies which noun ?
Can you explain the relationship between "Five fledging sea eagles left their nests in western Scotland this summer" and "bringing to 34 the number of wild birds successfully raised since transplants from Norway began in 1975."
The partciple "bringing" modifies which noun ?
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SwagatalakshmiI'm sorry but I still didn't get it.It does not modify an
Can you explain the relationship between "Five fledging sea eagles left their nests in western Scotland this summer" and "bringing to 34 the number of wild birds successfully raised since transplants from Norway began in 1975."
The partciple "bringing" modifies which noun ?
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1. bringing is a participle. It modifies the whole sentence which precedes. Or, if you will, it modifies the implied leaving (of the eagles). The leaving of the eagles brought to 34 the number of ... It's adverbial in nature, so technically it should not be called a participle according to some grammarians. However, the only term that I know of that applies when an
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Hi,
Finally the "adverbial participle" was mentioned in this forum.
The "participle" phrase functions as an adverb is often said by teachers in China, and I'd been wondering why those grammar knowledge links provided by IK don't include that.
Finally the "adverbial participle" was mentioned in this forum.
The "participle" phrase functions as an adverb is often said by teachers in China, and I'd been wondering why those grammar knowledge links provided by IK don't include that.
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Five fledging sea eagles left their nests in western Scotland this summer, bringing to 34 the number of wild birds successfully raised since transplants from Norway began in 1975.
"On Thursday August 31st the UN’s Security Council passed a resolution authorising 17,300 peacekeepers and a few thousand civilian police to be deployed in Darfur"
"On Thursday August 31st the UN’s Security Council passed a resolution authorising 17,300 peacekeepers and a few thousand civilian police to be deployed in Darfur"
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I strongly underline as well that participle does not modify anything here. The participle is just a shorthand notation for another sentence, thus it adds more information that is related to previous sentence, but it does not modify it. The function of participle does not have to be to modify anything.
In the next example
Swimming thro
In the next example
Swimming thro
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Aperisic -I respectfully disagree with you.
"Swimming through the mud, we had to continue our journey."
Swiming though the mud is definitely a participle which modifies we. Similar examples :
Exhausted from the hike, Jim dropped to the ground.
Shouting angrily, the man chased the thief.
Trying to open the gate, I tore my coat.
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Swagatalakshmi Aperisic -I respectfully disagree with you.
"Swimming through the mud, we had to continue our journey."
Swiming though the mud is definitely a participle which modifies we. Similar examples :
Exhausted from the hike, Jim dropped to the ground.
Shouting angrily, the man chased the thief.
Trying to open the gate, I tore m
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OK - consulted couple of grammar books.
"Participles" (verb+-ing or verb in past participle form) ALWAYS modify nouns.
If you see a verb +-ing used as a stand-alone phrase (noun) which is not modifying anything, it must be a gerund. There is nothing called "adverbial participle" in english grammar. "Adverbial clause" can have a participle or a gerund.
"Participles" (verb+-ing or verb in past participle form) ALWAYS modify nouns.
If you see a verb +-ing used as a stand-alone phrase (noun) which is not modifying anything, it must be a gerund. There is nothing called "adverbial participle" in english grammar. "Adverbial clause" can have a participle or a gerund.
Aperisic -I have a
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