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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Lying down
I read this interview on Rediff.com
'People think it's okay to poke fun at people who are overweight but I never took it lying down. I made sure I stood up for myself.'
Sonakshi Sinha, in fighting form.
What part of speech does lying down belong to here? And what does it modify here?
'People think it's okay to poke fun at people who are overweight but I never took it lying down. I made sure I stood up for myself.'
Sonakshi Sinha, in fighting form.
What part of speech does lying down belong to here? And what does it modify here?
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Jigneshbharati What part of speech does lying down belong to here? to lie down is a verb, a phrasal verb. Jigneshbharati what does it modify here?
- Jigneshbharati What part of speech does lying down belong to here?
- to lie down is a verb, a phrasal verb.
- Jigneshbharati what does it modify here?
- I (the subject) in the sense that "I" is the implicit subject of the participle clause "lying down".
- You might say that it modifies "took it" as well, as an adverbial expression.
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JigneshbharatiWhat part of speech does lying down belong to here?to lie down is a verb, a phrasal verb.
Jigneshbharatiwhat does it modify here?I (the subject) in the sense that "I" is the implicit subject of the participle clause "lying down". You might say that it modifies "took it" as well, as an adverbial expres
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