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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
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Later writers explained how fearing (that)~
Later writers explained how fearing he would become a danger to those around him, the Torch flew back out into the desert and went nova, using up his energy reserve and effectively deactivating himself.
I think "fearing" is a gerund, with being an object of that clause, "(that) he would become a danger to those around him" and that "how fearing" is a concise expression of "how he[the Torch] feared."; am I right?
And I'd like to know using such a structure as "how fearing (that)" is universal.
I think "fearing" is a gerund, with being an object of that clause, "(that) he would become a danger to those around him" and that "how fearing" is a concise expression of "how he[the Torch] feared."; am I right?
And I'd like to know using such a structure as "how fearing (that)" is universal.
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The sentence needs a comma before fearing. Then you can parse it thus. Later writers explained how ( fearing (that) he would become a danger to those around him ) the Torch flew back out into the desert and went nova, using up his energy reserve and effectively deactivating himself.
- The sentence needs a comma before fearing.
- Then you can parse it thus.
- Later writers explained how ( fearing (that) he would become a danger to those around him ) the Torch flew back out into the desert and went nova, using up his energy reserve and effectively deactivating himself.
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The sentence needs a comma before fearing. Then you can parse it thus.
Later writers explained how ( fearing (that) he would become a danger to those around him ) the Torch flew back out into the desert and went nova, using up his energy rese
Later writers explained how ( fearing (that) he would become a danger to those around him ) the Torch flew back out into the desert and went nova, using up his energy rese
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"fearing" is a participle not a gerund. "how fearing" is not a phrase. "fearing he would become a danger to those around him" is participle phrase. This phrase is parenthetical, and I would put a comma after "how".
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