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Jasonkhlim Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Participle phrases and adverbial

Hi there.
I came across these sentences today.

What I want to know is the differences between these sentences.
1. ''I broke the regulation drilling you out of the room.''
2. ''I broke the regulation by drilling you out of the room.''
3. ''I broke the regulation to drill you out of the room.''

Or maybe #1 should be written like ''I broke the regulation, drilling you out of the room.'' as I think the participle phrase is modifying the subject ''I'', right?
  

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"drill(ing) you out of the room" doesn't make any sense to me. Where did you see this phrase?

— GPY

  • "drill(ing) you out of the room" doesn't make any sense to me.
  • Where did you see this phrase?
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"drill(ing) you out of the room" doesn't make any sense to me. Where did you see this phrase?
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jasonkhlimdifferences
1. ''I broke the regulation drilling you out of the room.''
2. ''I broke the regulation by drilling you out of the room.''
3. ''I broke the regulation to drill you out of the room.''

1. I broke some unspecified regulation while I was drilling you ....
2. I broke some regulation about dri
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jasonkhlimdrilling you out of the room.''
Does "drilling" refer to a military drill here?
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Anonymous jasonkhlimdrilling you out of the room.''Does "drilling" refer to a military drill here?
Nope.
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GPY"drill(ing) you out of the room" doesn't make any sense to me. Where did you see this phrase?
They are my own random sentences.
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CalifJim jasonkhlimdifferences1. ''I broke the regulation drilling you out of the room.''2. ''I broke the regulation by drilling you out of the room.''3. ''I broke the regulation to drill you out of the room.''1. I broke some unspecified regulation while I was drilling you ....2. I broke some regulation about drilling when I drilled you ..., which I was not supposed to do
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jasonkhlimHi there.I came across these sentences today.What I want to know is the differences between these sentences.1. ''I broke the regulation drilling you out of the room.''2. ''I broke the regulation by drilling you out of the room.''3. ''I broke the regulation to drill you out of the room. ''Or maybe #1 should be written like ''I broke the regulation, drilling you o
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jasonkhlim GPY"drill(ing) you out of the room" doesn't make any sense to me. Where did you see this phrase?They are my own random sentences.
Not that it's a big deal, but I would point out that "I came across these sentences today" implies that someone else wrote them.
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Does this sentence make any sense to you guys?

''I learn vocabularies, reading newspaper.'' Or maybe without a comma.
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