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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

I don't know some grammar usage.

Like all other buildings in Kenya, the hospital is an open air facility. The flies were around and you could see dust flying in from construction work. It was also very noisy from the street traffic as well as construction or something going on above us. The ward was full of kids with their moms mostly and a few dads sitting with them. Not much was going on to help anyone while we were there. They did, just before we came, return form the morning lecture to the parents. Each morning they take all the parents and talk to them about a topic, maybe personal hygiene, phenomena, or whatever the topic may be and the parents sit and listen to the lecture on that topic.

1) Is it possible that participle phrase is following 'and' like the phrase 'and a few dads sitting with them'?
2) Does the word 'not' modify only 'much'?
3) Is the word 'in' before 'the morning lecture' omitted?
  

Top answer

1) While passable in an everyday context, that sentence is not perfectly correct English, so there is no point subjecting it to very close grammatical scrutiny. 2) Yes. 3) I suppose it's a typo and should read "return from the morning lecture".

— GPY

  • 1) While passable in an everyday context, that sentence is not perfectly correct English, so there is no point subjecting it to very close grammatical scrutiny.
  • 2) Yes.
  • 3) I suppose it's a typo and should read "return from the morning lecture".
  • ", but it is still slightly confusing because "they" seems to refer to "kids", and yet the lecture was for parents.
  • "phenomena" is also odd; I think this text was not written very carefully.
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1) While passable in an everyday context, that sentence is not perfectly correct English, so there is no point subjecting it to very close grammatical scrutiny.

2) Yes.

3) I suppose it's a typo and should read "return from the morning lecture". Also, as far as I can tell, that sentence ought to say "They had, just before we came, returned ...", but it is stil
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Thank you, GPY, for your concrete answer.
I have seen such sentences as #1 about three times until now, so I have been curious of that.
Once more, thank you so much
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park sang joonThank you, GPY, for your concrete answer.I have seen such sentences as #1 about three times until now, so I have been curious of that.Once more, thank you so much
I'm sorry, I may have interpreted that sentence incorrectly when I read it earlier. If it is read as meaning "The ward was full of kids with their moms mostly and with a f
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I know when native speakers use an absolute participle, they are unwilling to use that without 'with' ; we aren't in Korea here.
I'm little confused now
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park sang joonThe ward was full of kids with their moms mostly and a few dads sitting with them.
If I may **** in, my paraphrase is simply

The ward was full of kids with their moms mostly and (with) a few dads (who were) sitting with them.

It may make use of a little ellipsis, but it seems otherwise unremark
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Thank you, Clif Jim, for your answer.

Is participle phrase beginning 'and' correct and is important thing use of 'with'?
I'm sorry, GPY; I missed out 'with' after 'beginning'

I'm very curious where participle phrase beginning with 'and' is grammatical and why native speakers take count of use of 'with' when using participle phrase.
Please help me!!
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park sang joonI'm very curious where the participle phrase begins
In my analysis it begins with the word sitting. In my view the preposition phrase has a compound object thus:

with moms and dads

but elaborated with a few more words.

with
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Thank you Mr.Jim for your answer.
I seeEmotion: smile

I'm very curious whether the participle phrase beginning with 'and' is g
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park sang joonI'm very curious whether the participle phrase beginning with 'and' is grammatical
To me the question is meaningless because I do not recognize that there is any participle phrase in that sentence that begins with "and".

This is like asking me to explain why the moon is made of cheese. I don't believe the moon is made of cheese, so ther
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I'm so sorry. Mr.Jim.

I will change and re-post the question about the participle phrase beginning with 'and'.
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