Prompting business

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Hello,Would you explain 'prompting business'?Does it mean 'retail business'?You may find it in the following article of NYT:The incidents terrified residents along the border of North and South Carolina, leading many to carry their own weapons and prompting business owners to keep their doors locked.

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

Any sort of business, I'd guess.

Yoong Liat · Answer

HanJHHello,

Would you explain 'prompting business'?

Does it mean 'retail business'?

You may find it in the following article of NYT:

The incidents terrified residents along the border of North and South Carolina, leading many to carry their own weapons and prompting business owners to keep their doors locked.

...prompting business owners to keep their doors locked.

...making business owners decide to keep their doors locked.

HanJH · Answer

Thanks.

Soka · Answer

Grammar GeekAny sort of business, I'd guess.

Hi Barbara , do you mean to say that "prompting business" is any sort of a business??
I guess it's a continuing sentence: prompting business owners to ....
And it means what Yoong said .

Clive · Answer

Hi,

The way this use of 'prompting' works is prompting someone to do something.

Consider these simpler examples.

There was a loud noise outside, prompting Tom to close his window.

There was a loud noise outside, causing Tom to close his window.

prompting Tom to close his window

prompting the USA to invade Iraq

prompting Mary and Tom to eat dinner

prompting business owners to keep their doors locked

Best wishes, Clive

Nona the brit · Answer

Han...I'm not sure you've quite understood the answers.

You still seem to think 'prompting' is a type of business?

No. prompt is a verb, acting on the business owners.

Prompting business

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