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Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
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Seeking Parliament

Though it is supposed to be an interim Budget, seeking Parliament nod for government spending for first four months of
2019-2020 fiscal year beginning April, it is widely expected his speech would be a full-length budget speech.
https://m.timesofindia.com/business/arun-jaitley-travels-to-us-for-medical-check-up/articleshow/67537868.cms
Arun Jaitley travels to US for medical check up - Times of India
I don't understand how the participial phrase "seeking....April" is related to other words in the context?
What is its subject?
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Though it is supposed to be an interim Budget, seeking Parliament’s nod for government spending for first four months of 2019-2020 fiscal year beginning April , it is widely expected his speech would be a full-length budget speech. The underlined element is a gerund-participial clause modifying “budget”. It has a similar meaning to the relative clause in an interim budget which is seeking Parliament’s nod … Like most non-finite clauses it has no overt subject, though we understand it to be "an interim budget" Incidentally, please don't use a background colour for the text of your questions.

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  • Though it is supposed to be an interim Budget, seeking Parliament’s nod for government spending for first four months of 2019-2020 fiscal year beginning April , it is widely expected his speech would be a full-length budget speech.
  • The underlined element is a gerund-participial clause modifying “budget”.
  • It has a similar meaning to the relative clause in an interim budget which is seeking Parliament’s nod … Like most non-finite clauses it has no overt subject, though we understand it to be "an interim budget" Incidentally, please don't use a background colour for the text of your questions.
  • It makes them more difficult to read.
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Though it is supposed to be an interim Budget, seeking Parliament’s nod for government spending for first four months of 2019-2020 fiscal year beginning April, it is widely expected his speech would be a full-length budget speech.


The underlined element is a gerund-participial clause modifying “budget”. It has a similar meaning to the relative clause in an interim b

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