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Persian Learner Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Gerund phrase after a comma

Hi.

I'm a little confused by this sentence structure.would you help me get rid of that?

"Some of these changes have been positive, giving many women legal rights and better living condition."

Is it a gerund phrase? How would you analyze this sentence?
  

Top answer

I think the second clause—giving many women legal rights and better living condition—can have gerund.

— Khoshtip

  • I think the second clause—giving many women legal rights and better living condition—can have gerund.
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I think the second clause—giving many women legal rights and better living condition—can have gerund.
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Persian Learner"Some of these changes have been positive, giving many women legal rights and better living conditions."
In the grammar terminology I am used to, giving is a present participle used to introduce a coordinate clause equivalent: "Some of these changes have been positive and have give
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Could you suggest me a book or article on this subject or farther behind that?
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Persian Learner Could you suggest me a book or article on this subject or farther behind that?
I'm afraid I can't suggest anything. I learned my terminology from my teachers and some books ages ago, and many of them were written by Finns in Finnish anyway.

CB
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It’s a participial clause. Some call it a participial phrase, and they’re not wrong, but it’s also a clause on a higher level of the analysis.
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