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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Giving advice, sharing thoughts

Linda and Jackline are sisters - and good friends. They talk most days, giving advice, sharing thoughts. They're close - yet separated by thousands of miles. Linda now lives in the UK. Jackline stayed in Kenya to look after her small children and finish her studies. But she knows the move means she's in safe hands.

Are "giving advice and sharing thoughts " correct with regards to parellel structur? Because the "they talk most days" is without "ing". Are the three verbs - talk, giving and sharing- belong to the same subject- "they"?
thanks
jignesh
  

Top answer

The forms ending in -ing are participles, not tense/aspect forms.

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  • The forms ending in -ing are participles, not tense/aspect forms.
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The forms ending in -ing are participles, not tense/aspect forms.
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Could please explain to me then What is its function here the participles . Than you
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JigneshbharatiLinda and Jackline are sisters - and good friends. They talk most days, giving advice, sharing thoughts.
I'd write it like this:
Linda and Jackline are sisters - and good friends. They talk to each other most days, giving advice and sharing thoughts.
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JigneshbharatiWhat is its the function here of the participles. [Don't leave a space before the final punctuation.]
They give supplementary information. The tell the contents of the talking.

CJ
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Are they acting as an adjective?
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Jigneshbharati Are they acting as an adjectives?
No. They are separate non-finite clauses. Participle clauses are a way of adding more information without adding full sentences.

They talk most days, giving advice, sharing thoughts ~
They talk most days; they give advice; they share thoughts.
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