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Anewcomer Posted 18 years ago
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preposition+obj pronoun+?

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00I know that many people use this type of sentence " I team up with a boy doing 5 subjects" (participle) And " I team up with a boy who does 5 subjects"(relative pronoun)02br
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00But Can one say? : "I team up with a boy do 5 subjects" (???)02br
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00 I believe the "doing" is participle because it's preceded by a noun and not directly after preposition.02br
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00Does this apply to all the sentences with preopositions in this type of context?02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00I know that many people use this type of sentence " I team up with a boy doing 5 subjects" (participle) And " I team up with a boy who does 5 subjects"(relative pronoun)02font 02br 02br 00Yes. 02br 02br 01font 00But Can one say? 02br 02br 01font 00 I believe the "doing" is participle because it's preceded by a noun and not directly after preposition.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00I know that many people use this type of sentence " I team up with a boy doing 5 subjects" (participle) And " I team up with a boy who does 5 subjects"(relative pronoun)02font 02br 02br 00Yes.
  • 02br 02br 01font 00But Can one say?
  • 02br 02br 01font 00 I believe the "doing" is participle because it's preceded by a noun and not directly after preposition.
  • 02font 00 What preposition are you talking about in your example?
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I know that many people use this type of sentence " I team up with a boy doing 5 subjects" (participle) And " I team up with a boy who does 5 subjects"(relative pronoun)02font02br
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00Yes. You can also say 'I team up with a boy01u00 who is doing02u00 5 subjects.02br
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0What's your advice? (reply) Do five subjects. This is a stand-alone imperative sentence. You're looking for a 01b01i01u00phrase02u02i02b00 which will modify "boy." We just happen to have one for you. It's called a 01i00participial phrase02i00. It begins with a 01i00participle,02i00 which "d
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0 Clive : I mean the preposition "with" -> pronoun/noun (a boy) --> participle/relative pronoun. And also others preposition like, of, from, for,after and all this kind of preposition to introduce a subordinate clause .  I was wondering whether a bare infinitive could be used after the pronoun/noun (a boy), (which i thought to be unlikely, since bare infinitive can't modify pronoun)02br
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0 It doesn't matter whether there's a preposition present or not.02br
01i00I team up 01u00with02u00 a boy ... / I know a boy ...02i02br
00Your choices after 01i00boy02i00 are02br
01i00who does ...02i02br
01i00doing ...02i02br
00You can't have02
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01cite10Anewcomer12cite10Avangi: Hey, i know that "a boy" shouldn't use "do" but in this context "a boy" is not a subject and shouldn't use does, however if does is used in the context (context I'm talking about) " I team up with a boy does 5 subjects" it doesn't make sense at all, unless "who" is included before "does", which I already though
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