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FishWildlifeGuy Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Separating vs that separates in clause
Hello,
"The story of the Americas begins at the Bering Strait, a relatively thin watery barrier separating present-day Alaska from Siberia."
Is this sentence structured correctly, or should the "separating" instead be "that separates"? I think it sounds alright as is, but looking at when to use an -ing verb form, it seems -ing's must be after a BE verb and this doesn't seem the case here.
Thanks,
Jason
"The story of the Americas begins at the Bering Strait, a relatively thin watery barrier separating present-day Alaska from Siberia."
Is this sentence structured correctly, or should the "separating" instead be "that separates"? I think it sounds alright as is, but looking at when to use an -ing verb form, it seems -ing's must be after a BE verb and this doesn't seem the case here.
Thanks,
Jason
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Both structures are fine, Jason. '-Ing's' needn't follow 'be' at all, though they often do. In your sentence, 'separating' introduces a non-finite clause, which is another common function of '-ing's'.
- Both structures are fine, Jason.
- '-Ing's' needn't follow 'be' at all, though they often do.
- In your sentence, 'separating' introduces a non-finite clause, which is another common function of '-ing's'.
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Both structures are fine, Jason. '-Ing's' needn't follow 'be' at all, though they often do. In your sentence, 'separating' introduces a non-finite clause, which is another common function of '-ing's'.
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