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Taka Posted 18 years ago
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This is a necessary step in developing a first-rate educational system.

If I change the sentence above to these, do they still sound natural?

In developing a first-rate educational system, this is a necessary step.
When we develop a first-rate educational system, this is a necessary step.
  

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Yes.

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 So grammatically speaking, 'in developing...' is not necessarily an adjectival phrase modifying the noun 'a step' in front?
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'In developing a first-rate educational system' is an adverbial phrase of time modifying the adjective 'necessary'.

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