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There will be an information session this Friday about the professional-development seminars to be offered beginning in June.

- I guess the sentence means 'there will be an inforamtion session this Friday that will discuss whether there will be the professional-development seminars beginning in June." -Is this correct?

and is the original sentence grammatical?

The reason I'm asking is because I feel like there needs 'whether' before 'to be' if we want to use
to-infinitive here.

(There will be an information session this Friday about whether the professional-development seminars are to be offered beginning in June.)

or, what if I use gerund? like,

(There will be an information session this Friday about the professional-development seminars being offered beginning in June.)

From the original sentence, if it is grammatical, does the phrase 'beginning in June' belong to the seminar as an adjective phrase? if so, does this mean adjective phrase(particle phrase?) can be separated from the noun it modifies?

Thank you very much.

Have a nice day~^^

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,
There will be an information session this Friday about the professional-development seminars to be offered beginning in June.

- I guess the sentence means 'there will be an inforamtion session this Friday that will discuss whether there will be the professional-development seminars beginning in June." -Is this correct?
Not 'to discuss whether'. Just 'to provide information about'.
'Whether' suggests the seminars may or may not be offered. The original sentence indictates that they will be offered.

and is the original sentence grammatical? Yes.

The reason I'm asking is because I feel like there needs 'whether' before 'to be' if we want to use
to-infinitive here. No, you don't need 'whether'.
A simpler example is 'My boss gave me a task to be completed next week'. It's a descriptive phrase.

(There will be an information session this Friday about whether the professional-development seminars are to be offered beginning in June.) This is also OK, but with a different meaning, as discussed above.

or, what if I use gerund? like,

(There will be an information session this Friday about the professional-development seminars being offered beginning in June.) This is also OK. But 'being offered' is not a gerund, it's a present participle used as an adjective.

From the original sentence, if it is grammatical, does the phrase 'beginning in June' belong to the seminar as an adjective phrase? I see it as an adverbial phrase modifying 'to be offered'. if so, does this mean adjective phrase(particle phrase?) can be separated from the noun it modifies?

Clive

C2ran · Answer

CliveFrom the original sentence, if it is grammatical, does the phrase 'beginning in June' belong to the seminar as an adjective phrase? I see it as an adverbial phrase modifying 'to be offered'. if so, does this mean adjective phrase(particle phrase?) can be separated from the noun it modifies?

Many thanks to you! All of your corrections are comprehensible to me so clear,
but the quoted part is a bit tricky for me.
You said it was adverbial phrase modifying 'to be offered'
'He came crying' - Dose this 'crying' here have the function to be called adverbial phrase modifying the verb? and is 'to be called' in my sentence in correct usage? ^^
Thank you very much~

Clive · Answer

Hi,
All of your corrections are comprehensible to me so clear,
but the quoted part is a bit tricky for me.
You said it was adverbial phrase modifying 'to be offered'
'He came crying' - Dose this 'crying' here have the function to be called adverbial phrase modifying the verb? That's how I see it, yes. It's like saying 'He came while he was crying'.
On the other hand, in 'Crying, he came', I'd say 'crying' is intended as an a adjective describing 'I'.

and is 'to be called' in my sentence in correct usage? ^^ No. Just say
eg Does this 'crying' here have the function of an adverbial phrase modifying the verb?
eg Does 'crying' here function as an adverbial phrase modifying the verb?
eg Is 'crying' here an adverbial phrase modifying the verb?

Clive

C2ran · Answer

Oh~ It's like everytime I speak something there is an error in grammar.
Thank you so much and would you be kind enough to have a look at this too?

Thank you..

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