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TeacherJapan Posted 3 years ago
Grammar
Ing?
We think about art as being timeless, the beauty of its appearance having meaning, significance, and appeal to humankind across the ages.
Could you tell me why “have” is used as ”having” in the underlined part?
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teacherJapan We think about art as being timeless, the beauty of its appearance having meaning, significance, and appeal to humankind across the ages. It is a parallel structure with "being". Also, you need a nonfinite verb as a modifier.
- teacherJapan We think about art as being timeless, the beauty of its appearance having meaning, significance, and appeal to humankind across the ages.
- It is a parallel structure with "being".
- Also, you need a nonfinite verb as a modifier.
- The structure is not a full (dependent) clause.
- To use the inflected verb form, you need to write a full clause.
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teacherJapanWe think about art as being timeless, the beauty of its appearance having meaning, significance, and appeal to humankind across the ages.
It is a parallel structure with "being".
Also, you need a nonfinite verb as a modifier. The structure is not a full (dependent) clause. To use the inflected verb form, you need to write a f
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