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MeggPhaggSioux Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Job Working

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/nyregion/13homes.html?pagewanted=all

"But he kept his state job working with the developmentally disabled. "

I assume "working with the developmentally disabled" modifies "state job". But a job does not work; an employee works though. Am I wrong?
  

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MeggPhaggSioux NY Times "But he kept his state job working with the developmentally disabled. " Look at t he sentence this way: "But he kept his state (government) job , working with the developmentally disabled. " So "he" is the subject and his State job is the object.

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  • MeggPhaggSioux NY Times "But he kept his state job working with the developmentally disabled.
  • " Look at t he sentence this way: "But he kept his state (government) job , working with the developmentally disabled.
  • " So "he" is the subject and his State job is the object.
  • Working - is a present participle, used to form an adverial clause: working with the developmentally disabled.
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MeggPhaggSiouxNY Times
"But he kept his state job working with the developmentally disabled. "
Look at t he sentence this way:

"But he kept his state (government) job, working with the developmentally disabled. "

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How about:

a. "He got a job working with the disabled."

If I added a comma, the result sounds funny:

b. "He got a job, working with the disabled."
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Perhaps I've mislead you with the comma. I used it to demonstrate how "working..." functions in the sentence. You are right,
MeggPhaggSiouxb. "He got a job, working with the disabled."
a comma between job and working may be a little odd.
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The sentence "sounds" right to me, but when I tried to analyze it, it does not seem right. "Working with the disabled" modifies "a job", so they expand (I might be wrong) to "a job that is working with the disabled" But "a job" cannot "work"; only a worker works. Would adding "of" between "job" and "working" solve the problem?
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MeggPhaggSioux The sentence "sounds" right to me, but when I tried to analyze it, it does not seem right. "Working with the disabled" modifies "a job", so they expand (I might be wrong) to "a job that is working with the disabled" But "a job" cannot "work"; only a worker works. Would adding "of" between "job" and "working" solve the problem?
No, I already expr
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So, while looking at a "NOUN VERB-ing" pattern, I should add "for the purpose of" somewhere in there?
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MeggPhaggSiouxSo, while looking at a "NOUN VERB-ing" pattern, I should add "for the purpose of" somewhere in there?
................Working with the developmentally disabled

.................Asking him for help (my example for contrasting purpose)

They are not gerunds whi
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"A job working with the disabled requires some previous teaching experience."
"A chance to work with the disabled would provide teaching experience."

Could "A job to work with....." or "A chance working with..." be correct too? It seems "job" requires "working", but "chance" requires "to work". I tried to analyze them, but couldn't figure it out.
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Hi,

May I jump into the discussion? I too would like to know the answer to this question.

Let me provide more detailed context so that native speakers could come up with an accurate answer.

Henry Marrero, an employee at a group home in Utica, was convicted of beating a 99-year-old man while moonlighting at a nursing home — slapping the man three times in the face and on
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