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English 1b3 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Pariticple Phrases

Let's say you want to express that you started working for a company today, and that the job entails looking after key accounts...

Does using a pariticple phrase correctly express this?

I have just started working for X today, mainly looking after the key
accounts.

Or are we forced to think of the participle phrase including the perfect aspect from the main clause?

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Top answer

Hi, Your question is interesting. I do not whether I can give you a convincing answer. But I would like to point something pertaining your sentence.

— Vsuresh

  • Hi, Your question is interesting.
  • I do not whether I can give you a convincing answer.
  • But I would like to point something pertaining your sentence.
  • I have just started working for X today, mainly looking after the key accounts.
  • Here the main clause speaks about you joining the job, and the phrase which you have deemed fit to connect to the main clause actually remains unconnected as they are two different ideas.
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Hi,

Your question is interesting.

I do not whether I can give you a convincing answer.

But I would like to point something pertaining your sentence.

I have just started working for X today, mainly looking after the ke
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English 1b3Does using a pariticple phrase correctly express this?
I have just started working for X today, mainly looking after the key
accounts.
Yes. That's completely acceptable.

English 1b3are we forced to think of the participle phrase including the perfect aspect from the main clause?
No. "just start
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Hi and thanks to you both.

It's interesting, CJ, that you provided me with a non-text book answer-most unlike you Emotion: smile. I had a
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