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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Grammatical function?

Hi all

What is the grammatical function of the underlined verb below?

In 1927, several million people in the United States sent over 100,000 petitions urging Congress to adopt the metric system.

Is it reduction of adjective clause? 
Is it gerund?
etc.

Thanks
  

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You should be asking about the function of urging Congress to adopt the metric system , not just urging, which is just an · ing verb-form. In 1927, several million people in the United States sent over [ 100,000 petitions urging Congress to adopt the metric system ]. The underlined expression functions as modifier within a noun phrase (bracketed).

— RandomGuy

  • You should be asking about the function of urging Congress to adopt the metric system , not just urging, which is just an · ing verb-form.
  • In 1927, several million people in the United States sent over [ 100,000 petitions urging Congress to adopt the metric system ].
  • The underlined expression functions as modifier within a noun phrase (bracketed).
  • It can be paraphrased as 100,00 petitions that urged Congress to adopt the metric system.
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You should be asking about the function of urging Congress to adopt the metric system, not just urging, which is just an ·ing verb-form.

In 1927, several million people in the United States sent over [100,000 petitions urging Congress to adopt the metric system].

The underlined expression functions as modifier within a noun phrase (bracke
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