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Scythron Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Participle
Aristotle considered tragedy a series of events leading to misery in the life of a noble character.
"a series" is an objective complement, and "leading" is a participle. But does "leading" modify "a series" or "of events"? I thought a participle functioned as an adjective, and therefore has to modify a noun. However my text has "leading" modifying "of events" which is a prepostion which can only be an adverb or adjective.
"a series" is an objective complement, and "leading" is a participle. But does "leading" modify "a series" or "of events"? I thought a participle functioned as an adjective, and therefore has to modify a noun. However my text has "leading" modifying "of events" which is a prepostion which can only be an adverb or adjective.
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Well, participial clauses can certainly be adverbial. In the case of your sentence, I can see that discussion could rage, but it seems to me that only a 'series' could lead anywhere.
- Well, participial clauses can certainly be adverbial.
- In the case of your sentence, I can see that discussion could rage, but it seems to me that only a 'series' could lead anywhere.
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Well, participial clauses can certainly be adverbial. In the case of your sentence, I can see that discussion could rage, but it seems to me that only a 'series' could lead anywhere.
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