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Pooyan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Reduced Clause

Hello,

Is the sentence below reduced from the first or the second sentence:

"Obama was elected, becoming the first black president in the US history"

1- Obama was elected and became the first black president in the US history

2- Obama was elected, who became the first black president in the US history


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Pooyan Is the sentence below reduced from the first or the second sentence Neither of your sentences 1 or 2 is the base sentence from which the original sentence is derived by "reducing" anything. Rather, 1 and 2 are both attempted paraphrases of the original sentence, and neither is completely accurate, certainly not 2. The semantic connections between participle clauses and the main clauses they occur with are subtle and various.

— CalifJim

  • Pooyan Is the sentence below reduced from the first or the second sentence Neither of your sentences 1 or 2 is the base sentence from which the original sentence is derived by "reducing" anything.
  • Rather, 1 and 2 are both attempted paraphrases of the original sentence, and neither is completely accurate, certainly not 2.
  • The semantic connections between participle clauses and the main clauses they occur with are subtle and various.
  • In the case at hand, we might appeal to the idea of manner or to the idea of logical equivalence.
  • Obama was elected.
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PooyanIs the sentence below reduced from the first or the second sentence
Neither of your sentences 1 or 2 is the base sentence from which the original sentence is derived by "reducing" anything.

Rather, 1 and 2 are both attempted paraphrases of the original sentence, and neither is completely accurate, certainly not 2.

The semantic connectio
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