Participle
The difficulty facing horses was in reallocating the huge numbers displaced by technology to places where they could still be of use.
My question is that in the above sentence why it is " the difficulty facing horses"?. It seems to me that difficulty was facing somthing, not horses. Shouldn't it be " the difficulty horses facing was in reallocating ....."?
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Abdul Kaium Tanvir The difficulty facing horses This is a reduced relative clause. 'which was' is omitted. The difficulty which was facing horses (past continuous) OR, The difficulty which faced horses (past simple) Abdul Kaium Tanvir It seems to me that difficulty was facing som e thing, not horses.
- Abdul Kaium Tanvir The difficulty facing horses This is a reduced relative clause.
- 'which was' is omitted.
- The difficulty which was facing horses (past continuous) OR, The difficulty which faced horses (past simple) Abdul Kaium Tanvir It seems to me that difficulty was facing som e thing, not horses.
- the difficulty facing horses ~ the difficulty which faced horses ~ the difficulty (for society) that was associated with horses By the way, 'face' is a reciprocal relationship.
- It doesn't matter if I am facing you or You are facing me ; both sentences describe the same situation.
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Abdul Kaium TanvirThe difficulty facing horses
This is a reduced relative clause. 'which was' is omitted.
The difficulty which was facing horses (past continuous)
OR, The difficulty which faced horses (past simple)
Abdul Kaium TanvirIt seems to me that difficulty was fa
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