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Kanou Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

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Why is the following sentence correct? I'd read a review of the film in a magazine specialising in science fiction stories.
And why is this one incorrect?
I'd read a review of the film in a magazine specialised in science fiction stories.
  

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Kanou I'd read a review of the film in a magazine specialising in science fiction stories. Specialising is a participle [which is] used instead of that/which specialises. It is normal in English to use a present participle instead of an active verb in a relative clause.

— Cool Breeze

  • Kanou I'd read a review of the film in a magazine specialising in science fiction stories.
  • Specialising is a participle [which is] used instead of that/which specialises.
  • It is normal in English to use a present participle instead of an active verb in a relative clause.
  • The past participle is used in passive clause equivalents or reduced clauses.
  • Note my first sentence in this reply.
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Kanou I'd read a review of the film in a magazine specialising in science fiction stories.
Specialising is a participle [which is] used instead of that/which specialises. It is normal in English to use a present participle instead of an active verb in a relative clause. The past participle is used in passive clause equivalent
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Cool BreezeMaybe in your native language a passive structure and/or a different tense is used for to specialise in something and that confuses you? I mention this because in my native Finnish that is the case.
Yes, in Spanish it is different that's why I got confused and it looked so unfamiliar to me. Thank you for your time and explanation! =)
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