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English 1b3 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Ing participle or ellipted S and V?
I’ve had pricing come in on the Discs, expecting Banner pricing back tomorrow
Do you think the ing participle in bold is correct?
I almost feel the sentence reads more as though the bold words are a separate sentence with an ellipted S and V: "and I am expecting...". What do you think about this?
Do you think the ing participle in bold is correct?
I almost feel the sentence reads more as though the bold words are a separate sentence with an ellipted S and V: "and I am expecting...". What do you think about this?
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English 1b3 Do you think the ing participle in bold is correct? Nothing came out in bold for me. I suppose you mean 'expecting'.
- English 1b3 Do you think the ing participle in bold is correct?
- Nothing came out in bold for me.
- I suppose you mean 'expecting'.
- It's a case of ellipsis.
- I have no idea what "Banner pricing" is, so I can only assume you do, and that you've capitalized it for a good reason.
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English 1b3Do you think the ing participle in bold is correct?Nothing came out in bold for me. I suppose you mean 'expecting'. It's a case of ellipsis.
I have no idea what "Banner pricing" is, so I can only assume you do, and that you've capitalized it for a good reason.
I've had pricing come in on the discs, and I'm expecting the Banner p
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Sorry - I forgot to make the word bold, but you assumed correctly.
I presume the reason you can tell it is a separate sentence with ellipsis and not a an ing clause is that 'expecting...' does not modify anything in the main clause; it doesn't function like an adjective by modifying the subject in the main clause and doesn't function adverbially by modifying the verb in the main clause.
I presume the reason you can tell it is a separate sentence with ellipsis and not a an ing clause is that 'expecting...' does not modify anything in the main clause; it doesn't function like an adjective by modifying the subject in the main clause and doesn't function adverbially by modifying the verb in the main clause.
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English 1b3... doesn't function adverbially by modifying the verb in the main clause. Is this correct?Yes, that's correct.
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