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Vcolts Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Phrase Question
Example:
You should live everyday trying to achieve the best you can.
Is the above sentence gramatically correct? If so, is the bold part a participle phrase? (if not, what type of phrase is it?)
What does the bold phrase modify?
What is the construction of the phase? (Ex. noun + to + verb/participle).
A website on the topic would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
You should live everyday trying to achieve the best you can.
Is the above sentence gramatically correct? If so, is the bold part a participle phrase? (if not, what type of phrase is it?)
What does the bold phrase modify?
What is the construction of the phase? (Ex. noun + to + verb/participle).
A website on the topic would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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You should live every day trying to achieve the best you can. -- As fixed, yes. If so, is the bold part a participle phrase?
- You should live every day trying to achieve the best you can.
- -- As fixed, yes.
- If so, is the bold part a participle phrase?
- Or participial clause, yes.
- What does the bold phrase modify?
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You should live every day trying to achieve the best you can.
Is the above sentence gramatically correct?-- As fixed, yes.
If so, is the bold part a participle phrase? Or participial clause, yes.
What does the bold phrase modify? -- 'live'
What is the construction of the phase? -- Ving + to + Vbase + O
Is the above sentence gramatically correct?-- As fixed, yes.
If so, is the bold part a participle phrase? Or participial clause, yes.
What does the bold phrase modify? -- 'live'
What is the construction of the phase? -- Ving + to + Vbase + O
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I may have misconveyed the contruction question.
Is the participle construction practically to+verb => ving form (or to be understood that way?)
or do we just simply accept that it's ving as it is (not to understand as to+verb form)?
Is the participle construction practically to+verb => ving form (or to be understood that way?)
or do we just simply accept that it's ving as it is (not to understand as to+verb form)?
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Try to add "while" before "trying" to easily figure it out, as follows:
You should live each day (every day) while trying to achieve the best that you can.
Think it of as this example:
"I think I should hide the pencil he always attempts to still from my purse".
You could either say: "I think that I should hide the pencil which he always att
You should live each day (every day) while trying to achieve the best that you can.
Think it of as this example:
"I think I should hide the pencil he always attempts to still from my purse".
You could either say: "I think that I should hide the pencil which he always att
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