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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

-ing without are/is/am?

"People showing how it is done"

I can see in article headlines "are" is mostly skipped. But in normal talking, we can't use a sentence like we have above?
  

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Correct. A finite verb is often eliminated in a headline, but not in spoken English.

  • Correct.
  • A finite verb is often eliminated in a headline, but not in spoken English.
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Correct. A finite verb is often eliminated in a headline, but not in spoken English.
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Hello.
You are right, you cannot use that phrase in formal settings.
Regards
Hamid

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