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Hello sir,
I want to ask you one question on the sentence below.
1) stony silence – a period of time when angry people do not speak with each other, creating an uncomfortable silence.
I don't understand a part of the sentence after comma , that is "creating an uncomfortable silence.
Can you please make me understand ?
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ritik I don't understand a part of the sentence after comma , that is "creating an uncomfortable silence. Their refusal to speak creates an uncomfortable silence.
- ritik I don't understand a part of the sentence after comma , that is "creating an uncomfortable silence.
- Their refusal to speak creates an uncomfortable silence.
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ritikI don't understand a part of the sentence after comma , that is "creating an uncomfortable silence.
Their refusal to speak creates an uncomfortable silence.
0ritik"creating an uncomfortable silence"
This is a participle clause. Participle clauses can occur before or after a main clause.
You can paraphrase this one by adding 'thereby' at the beginning of it:
a period of time when angry people do not speak with each other, t
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