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Hello sir,
I want to ask you one question about present participle.
1) Mr Trump has hit back, accusing Mr Obama of failed leadership.
In above paragraph ,"accusing ( present participle) Mr Obama of failed leadership " is cause and effect of the main clause.? Right . If I want to make compound sentence then how would it be ? How could I write by removing "ing" from "accusing" (present participle ).?
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Think of "by" as being implied. Mr Trump has hit back, (by) accusing Mr Obama of failed leadership. Or you can think of the ·ing adjunct and the main clause predicate has hit back as one and the same, with the former restating the latter in more detail.
- Think of "by" as being implied.
- Mr Trump has hit back, (by) accusing Mr Obama of failed leadership.
- Or you can think of the ·ing adjunct and the main clause predicate has hit back as one and the same, with the former restating the latter in more detail.
- You could have Mr Trump has hit back or Mr Trump accused Obama of failed leadership, but not Mr Trump has hit back and accused Obama of failed leadership (although you will occasionally hear this mistake from native speakers).
- You need to use an · ing clause to make a kind of "compound sentence" in this case.
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Think of "by" as being implied.
Mr Trump has hit back, (by) accusing Mr Obama of failed leadership.
Or you can think of the ·ing adjunct and the main clause predicate has hit back as one and the same, with the former restating the latter in more detail. You could have Mr Trump has hit back or Mr Trump accused Obama of failed leadership,
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Mr Trump has hit back, and accused Mr Obama of failed leadership.
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