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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Reduced clause

By persuading the people,they restored market equilibrium.

Is By persuading the people a reduced adverbial clause.... Can someone explain in detail?

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No, it is a prepositional phrase: the object of 'by' is the gerund phrase 'persuading the people'.

— Mister Micawber

  • No, it is a prepositional phrase: the object of 'by' is the gerund phrase 'persuading the people'.
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No, it is a prepositional phrase: the object of 'by' is the gerund phrase 'persuading the people'.
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