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Openmind1512 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Grammatical structure

Hi everyone
I have a sentence: "The result is that harmful rays penetrate the protective layer causing global warming"
At the bold part, I think they use compact structure, but I still don't understand clearly, who can explain it for me, thanks.
  

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Grammatical terminology varies somewhat. " I call the original structure a clause equivalent as a present participle ( causing ) is used instead of a finite verb. In this particular case we have a co-ordinate clause equivalent since and is a co-ordinating conjunction.

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  • Grammatical terminology varies somewhat.
  • " I call the original structure a clause equivalent as a present participle ( causing ) is used instead of a finite verb.
  • In this particular case we have a co-ordinate clause equivalent since and is a co-ordinating conjunction.
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Grammatical terminology varies somewhat. The sentence means:
openmind1512 "The result is that harmful rays penetrate the protective layer and cause global warming."
I call the original structure a clause equivalent as a present participle (causing) is used instead of a finite verb. In this particular case we have
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