Participle phrase
Sir, I want to ask you the below questions.
1)"Currently I work as an employment specialist, helping people who have disabilities."
If I said,
2) "Currently I work as an employment specialist to help people who have disabilities."
My first question- the meaning of the above sentences is the same or it changes or what is the difference between two sentences?
Pls, explain to me, the meaning of both the sentences.
My second question-When I am using this sentence below, does that mean It is a continuous tense below?
"Currently I work as an employment specialist, helping people who have disabilities."
My third question- Can we use both the sentences below in spoken English?
1)"Currently I work as an employment specialist, helping people who have disabilities."
2) "Currently I work as an employment specialist to help people who have disabilities."
My fourth question-"Currently I work as an employment specialist, helping people who have disabilities."
What do we call the underlined sentence in Grammar?
Top answer
(1) Currently I work as an employment specialist, helping people who have disabilitie s . [gerund-participial clause ] (2) Currently I work as an employment specialist to help people who have disabilities . [infinitival clause ] Both the underlined clauses are functioning as adjuncts in clause structure and, yes, you can use them both in spoken English.
- (1) Currently I work as an employment specialist, helping people who have disabilitie s .
- [gerund-participial clause ] (2) Currently I work as an employment specialist to help people who have disabilities .
- [infinitival clause ] Both the underlined clauses are functioning as adjuncts in clause structure and, yes, you can use them both in spoken English.
- The meanings are not quite the same.
- The gerund-participial clause in (1) is a depictive adjunct giving descriptive information about "I".
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(1) Currently I work as an employment specialist, helping people who have disabilities. [gerund-participial clause]
(2) Currently I work as an employment specialist to help people who have disabilities. [infinitival clause]
Both the underlined clauses are functioning as adjuncts in clause structure and, yes, you can use them both in
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