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Dreamy76 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

How can I turn this sentence into nonfinte?

Can this sentence be changed into nonfinite clause please?


"The years of running — consistently choosing the second path — have taught me discipline and perseverance"

I have turned it into nonfinte but I am not sure if it is correct.

"Choosing the second path, I have been taught discpline and perseverance."



Many Thanks in advance for your cooperation.
  

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It seems you don't want to change the whole sentence into a non-finite clause, but to change the sentence so that it contains one. Your sentence in red has the non-finite clause choosing the second path, so you have written a sentence with a non-finite clause. I think that's all you wanted to do, right? So you're finished!

CJ
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Edit. My search was originally prompted by the OP in this forum on the same subject, to which you have just now replied. It's a case in point. The poster is looking for a non-finite clause, and I couldn't see how sticking a subject in there would make a usable sentence.
<< "Choosing the second path, I have been taught discpline and perseverance." >>
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I guts to know - Do you consider it useful to treat "choosing the second path" as a clause?Emotion: indifferent
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I accidently stuck the last two posts on the end of this thread instead of the thread which I originated. Sorry.Emotion: embarrassed If anyone
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Many Thanks for your replies. But I am asking is the sentence I did grammatically correct? and Is it considered nonfinite?
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AvangiDo you consider it useful to treat "choosing the second path" as a clause?
Yes, because it contains a verb.

CJ
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Anonymousis the sentence I did grammatically correct?
Yes. That's what I meant to imply when I said you were finished.
AnonymousIs it considered nonfinite?
There is no such thing as a non-finite sentence. The main clause of a sentence must contain a finite verb. It is the introductory clause that is non-finite, because it
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