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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
People are becoming increasingly sensitive to and [accepting of cultural difference]
People are becoming increasingly sensitive to and accepting of cultural difference.
[Source: "Libel, Slander, and More" in "SQR3" in Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I'd like to know why the transitive verb "accept" takes "of" before an object.
[Source: "Libel, Slander, and More" in "SQR3" in Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I'd like to know why the transitive verb "accept" takes "of" before an object.
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It is saying: People are becoming increasingly sensitive to cultural difference, and they are also becoming increasingly accepting of it. In that sentence "accepting" is a present participle, not the main verb!
- It is saying: People are becoming increasingly sensitive to cultural difference, and they are also becoming increasingly accepting of it.
- In that sentence "accepting" is a present participle, not the main verb!
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It is saying:
People are becoming increasingly sensitive to cultural difference, and they are also becoming increasingly accepting of it.
In that sentence "accepting" is a present participle, not the main verb!
People are becoming increasingly sensitive to cultural difference, and they are also becoming increasingly accepting of it.
In that sentence "accepting" is a present participle, not the main verb!
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Thank you, teechr, for your kind answer.
I'm tardy in questioning, but I'd like to ask you one more question.
I don't think
I'm tardy in questioning, but I'd like to ask you one more question.
I don't think
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park sang joonSo, I'd like to know in my example if "accepting" is used as an adjective, not a present participle.It is a present participle in form and an adjective in function!
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park sang joonI don't think a present participle needs "of" to take an object like an adjective.The usage here is adjectival. (You can put "very" in front of it: very accepting.) The adjective accepting (or participial adjective, if you like) takes an of-phrase as a complement.
accepting of cultural difference
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CalifJim accepting of cultural differenceSorry for disturbance. How would it be if 'They have (already) accepted cultural difference'?
having accepted of...?
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SupercatThey have (already) accepted cultural difference.That's fine, but of course, it's not the same grammatical pattern as in the original question.
CJ
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I was also wondering.
So, I'd like to check with you if my opinion is proper.
How about "was accepting of cultural difference"?
So, I'd like to check with you if my opinion is proper.
How about "was accepting of cultural difference"?
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Ah yes, if it is:
People have become increasingly sensitive to cultural difference, and they...?
People have become increasingly sensitive to cultural difference, and they...?
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I think your original question was a little confusing. You wrote "People are becoming increasingly sensitive to and accepting of cultural difference." I would have wrote: People are becoming increasingly tolerant and accepting of cultural differences.
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I don't think so.
"Accepting" from my example doesn't have an ongoing attribute; it's just an adjective, not a present participle.
"Accepting" from my example doesn't have an ongoing attribute; it's just an adjective, not a present participle.
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