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Goldfish Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

reducing relative clauses

Hi teachers,I would appreciate your help with theses questions: 1-Could relative clauses be reduced in this way?
"I have a friend who teaches English." ...."I have a friend  teaching English."
"Two of the terrorists who shot the president have been caught."..."Two of the terrorists having shot the president have been caught."
"The man who invented camera has won an award."..."The man having invented camera has won an award."
2- which of these forms in participle clause are correct?
"Having passed / Passing his driving test,Gary became rather big-headed."
"Having put / Putting down my newspaper, I walked over to the window."
please explain,thank you in advance.
  

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" No, you cannot! goldfish .. "..

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  • " No, you cannot!
  • goldfish ..
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  • " No, the former is correct, but the latter is incorrect.
  • " Having invented the (special) camera, the man has won an award.
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goldfish"I have a friend who teaches English." ...."I have a friend teaching English."
No, you cannot!
goldfish.. "Two of the terrorists who shot the president have
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Hello, I am afraid I am not convinced. could any one else explain it to me?
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Two terrorists first shot the president then they were caught.

Having shot the president , two terrorists were caught.


First he invented the camera then he won an award.


Having invented the camera, the man won an award.

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