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Mugen Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

meaning of 'ing'

'Initially dismissing Meyer's opinion as nonsense, Loyld was eventually converted after a colleague, John King,~'

'Loyld who initially dismissed Meyer's opinion as nonsense was eventually conveted after a colleague ,John King,~'

Are those two sentences same?
  

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'Loyld , who initially dismissed Meyer's opinion as nonsense , was eventually converted after a colleague ,John King,~' The meanings are, for practical purposes, the same.

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  • 'Loyld , who initially dismissed Meyer's opinion as nonsense , was eventually converted after a colleague ,John King,~' The meanings are, for practical purposes, the same.
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'Loyld, who initially dismissed Meyer's opinion as nonsense, was eventually converted after a colleague ,John King,~'

The meanings are, for practical purposes, the same.
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Yes, but the second one needs commas around "who initially dismissed Meyer's opinion as nonsense". Also, I suspect that "Loyld" should read "Lloyd".
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Then for what purpose my book used first one? Is it more natural expression?
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Oh yes. It's my mistake Emotion: smile Thank you!
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mugenThen for what purpose my book used first one? Is it more natural expression?
They are both natural English. There is no obvious way of knowing why the author chose one over the other. Quite possibly there was no conscious comparison.
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mugenThen for what purpose did my book use first one? Is it a more natural expression?
There are many ways to say things. The author just preferred the participial clause to the relative clause. It i
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