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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
process vs act?
Hi,
Can you tell me if the first sentences of pairs are focusing on action or process; whereas the second sentences of pairs are focusing on acts?
1.The playing by boys has proved they need to improve their performances.
The play by boys has proved they need to improve their performances.
2. The shaking of the ground created a cause for alarm for them.
The shakes or Shakes of the groung created a cause for alarm for them,
Can you tell me if the first sentences of pairs are focusing on action or process; whereas the second sentences of pairs are focusing on acts?
1.The playing by boys has proved they need to improve their performances.
The play by boys has proved they need to improve their performances.
2. The shaking of the ground created a cause for alarm for them.
The shakes or Shakes of the groung created a cause for alarm for them,
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Yours are difficult examples to judge, since the sentences are not very natural. If I fix them: 1. -- yes: act / process 2.
- Yours are difficult examples to judge, since the sentences are not very natural.
- If I fix them: 1.
- -- yes: act / process 2.
- The shaking of the ground alarmed them .
- -- only this form, the process, is natural.
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Yours are difficult examples to judge, since the sentences are not very natural. If I fix them:
1.The boys' play/playing has proved they need to improve their performances.-- yes: act / process
2. The shaking of the ground alarmed them. -- only this form, the process, is natural.
1.The boys' play/playing has proved they need to improve their performances.-- yes: act / process
2. The shaking of the ground alarmed them. -- only this form, the process, is natural.
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