Sentence structure
Dear Grammarians,
Is the following a simple sentence?
The passive has the effect of foregrounding or highlighting the direct object, by moving it to the subject position (thereby making it the syntactic subject).
I think these present participles are functioning as nouns/gerunds although the last one 'making' may be functioning as a verb? Would appreciate your thoughts.
'foregrounding,
'highlighting'
'moving'
'making'
With thanks
Kosmo
Top answer
Kosmo Is the following a simple sentence? Traditional grammatical analysis would indicate that, but adherents of more recent approaches to grammar would say that the parenthetical thereby -clause makes it a complex sentence. Kosmo I think these present participles are functioning as nouns/gerunds although the last one 'making' may be functioning as a verb?
- Kosmo Is the following a simple sentence?
- Traditional grammatical analysis would indicate that, but adherents of more recent approaches to grammar would say that the parenthetical thereby -clause makes it a complex sentence.
- Kosmo I think these present participles are functioning as nouns/gerunds although the last one 'making' may be functioning as a verb?
- Correct.
- The clause with 'making' is different from the others.
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KosmoIs the following a simple sentence?
Traditional grammatical analysis would indicate that, but adherents of more recent approaches to grammar would say that the parenthetical thereby-clause makes it a complex sentence.
KosmoI think these present participles are functioning as nouns/gerunds although the last one 'making
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