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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
~~, ~ing to save the SSO.
He was on the staff at Stirling University in '80, fighting to save the SSO.
If you were a teacher, how would you teach or explain about grammar points(or the underlined structure) in the sentence?
It'd be appreciated if you make some other examples of the simillar points.
If you were a teacher, how would you teach or explain about grammar points(or the underlined structure) in the sentence?
It'd be appreciated if you make some other examples of the simillar points.
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moon7296 He was on the staff at Stirling University in '80, fighting to save the SSO. It would depend a lot on what grade level you're teaching. "Fighting" here is not a gerund, but a present participal.
- moon7296 He was on the staff at Stirling University in '80, fighting to save the SSO.
- It would depend a lot on what grade level you're teaching.
- "Fighting" here is not a gerund, but a present participal.
- The phrase is a participial phrase, but people are starting to talk about non-finite clauses.
- "Fighting" means "struggling," in this case.
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moon7296He was on the staff at Stirling University in '80, fighting to save the SSO.It would depend a lot on what grade level you're teaching.
"Fighting" here is not a gerund, but a present participal. The phrase is a participial phrase, but people are starting to talk about non-finite clauses.
"Fighting" means "struggling," in this case. That is, i
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