Shopping in such a state can bypass the loneliness circuit, providing the temporary solution.
1. I wonder if “providing” is “gerund” or “participle”.
Shopping in such a state can bypass the loneliness circuit, so to speak, providing the temporary solution.
2. I wonder if there is any difference in the meaning between “1” and “2”.
A. Shopping in such a state can bypass the loneliness circuit, so to speak, providing the temporary solution.
B. Shopping in such a state can bypass the loneliness circuit, providing the temporary solution.
We all know shopping makes us happier. When feeling down, shopping throws a blanket over our negative emotions. The Journal of Consumer Research recently published a paper illuminating the vicious connection between loneliness and shopping. After 6 years of research, Rick Pieters, the study’s author, explains loneliness often arises when our need for human interaction is stunted. Shopping in such a state can bypass the loneliness circuit, so to speak, providing the temporary solution. The problem with this approach is that compulsive shopping makes one increasingly materialistic.
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Email Removed"> Email Removed 1. I wonder if “providing” is “gerund” or “participle”. Shopping in such a state can bypass the loneliness circuit, so to speak, providing the temporary solution.
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- I wonder if “providing” is “gerund” or “participle”.
- Shopping in such a state can bypass the loneliness circuit, so to speak, providing the temporary solution.
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- not a gerund).
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Email Removed">Email Removed1. I wonder if “providing” is “gerund” or “participle”.
Shopping in such a state can bypass the loneliness circuit, so to speak, providing the temporary solution.
It's a participle (i.e. not a gerund). You can tell this because "providing the temporary solution" does not have the role of a noun
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