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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Past participle

Dear teachers,

I have a question about a past participial clause/phrase in the sentence below.

1. The network TV management has decided to show World Cup games live.

2. The network TV management has decided to show World Cup games recorded highlights.

I would think the "recorded highlights" is the same as "live" in the first sentence. They are both adverbs. However, I am not much sure about it because "recorded highlights" is a participial phrase/clause and I do not know whether it is correctly used in this sentence.

Could you confirm on it?

I am much obliged to you for your guidance.

Thank you so much.
  

Top answer

'Recorded highlights' is adjective + noun . The complete noun phrase is 'World Cup games recorded highlights'. In the first sentence, 'live' is indeed an adverb, so the structures of the 2 clauses are different.

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  • 'Recorded highlights' is adjective + noun .
  • The complete noun phrase is 'World Cup games recorded highlights'.
  • In the first sentence, 'live' is indeed an adverb, so the structures of the 2 clauses are different.
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'Recorded highlights' is adjective + noun. The complete noun phrase is 'World Cup games recorded highlights'.

In the first sentence, 'live' is indeed an adverb, so the structures of the 2 clauses are different.
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