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Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Plod

Another construction that can make your writing plod is the dummy subject.
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What is the grammatical form and function of the word "plod" here?
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Jigneshbharati What is the grammatical form and function of the word "plod" here? It's a verb. It's part of a causative construction.

  • Jigneshbharati What is the grammatical form and function of the word "plod" here?
  • It's a verb.
  • It's part of a causative construction.
  • to make (something) (do something) ~ can make (your writing) (plod) The coach makes the players run every day.
  • plod : walk (or work) slowly (at a dull task) By extension, it means that if overused, the dummy subject will cause your writing to sound uninteresting.
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JigneshbharatiWhat is the grammatical form and function of the word "plod" here?

It's a verb. It's part of a causative construction.

to make (something) (do something)
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can make (your writing) (plod)

The coach makes the players run every day.


plod: walk (or work) slowly (at a dull task)

By extension, it

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