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Moon7296 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
participial phrase (when do you use it?)
1. Volunteerting is just one way that self-selection may occur. Another not-so-obvious form of self-selection may happen when two existing classes may be different; for a wide variety of reasons, students may flock together and thereby create unequal groups.
2. Volunteerting is just one way that self-selection may occur. Another not-so-obvious form of self-selection may happen when two existing classes may be different; for a wide variety of reasons, students may flock together, thereby creating unequal groups.
Q) I'm always careful when I use a participial phrase. I come across participial phrases very often, but when I use them they, I'm pointed out often because they don't sound natural to native speakers.
The original text I read is #1.
I changed the underlined part to another underlined part, a participial phrase I often come across.
Does it sound natural?
If natural, when do you use #1 and #2? Is the difference between te two just whether the sentence is colloquial or not?
2. Volunteerting is just one way that self-selection may occur. Another not-so-obvious form of self-selection may happen when two existing classes may be different; for a wide variety of reasons, students may flock together, thereby creating unequal groups.
Q) I'm always careful when I use a participial phrase. I come across participial phrases very often, but when I use them they, I'm pointed out often because they don't sound natural to native speakers.
The original text I read is #1.
I changed the underlined part to another underlined part, a participial phrase I often come across.
Does it sound natural?
If natural, when do you use #1 and #2? Is the difference between te two just whether the sentence is colloquial or not?
Top answer
Both underlined parts are correct and natural, and there is no significant difference in meaning or formality ("thereby" is in any case a fairly formal word). However, the sentence as a whole does not make a great deal of sense to me. Also typo: volunteering.
- Both underlined parts are correct and natural, and there is no significant difference in meaning or formality ("thereby" is in any case a fairly formal word).
- However, the sentence as a whole does not make a great deal of sense to me.
- Also typo: volunteering.
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Both underlined parts are correct and natural, and there is no significant difference in meaning or formality ("thereby" is in any case a fairly formal word). However, the sentence as a whole does not make a great deal of sense to me. Also typo: volunteering.
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