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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Smarting under...part of speech

I read the following excerpt on Rediff.com.
"Smarting under the impact of the 9/11 terror attacks, the George W Bush administration had its battering ram, Deputy Secretary of Defence Richard Armitage, to summon the chief of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence, asking him to dump the Taliban and become a US ally, or else."What part of speech the whole phrase -"Smarting under the impact of the 9/11 terror attacks, " does belong to? What is the meaning of smarting here? And what part of speech "smarting " does belong to?ThanksJignesh
  

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Jigneshbharati What part of speech the whole phrase -"Smarting under the impact of the 9/11 terror attacks, " does belong to? " when you are asking about a single word. "impact" is a noun; "under" is a preposition; and so on.

— CalifJim

  • Jigneshbharati What part of speech the whole phrase -"Smarting under the impact of the 9/11 terror attacks, " does belong to?
  • " when you are asking about a single word.
  • "impact" is a noun; "under" is a preposition; and so on.
  • The whole phrase is a participle clause.
  • "smarting" (which means "stinging") is the present participle of the verb "smart".
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JigneshbharatiWhat part of speech the whole phrase -"Smarting under the impact of the 9/11 terror attacks, " does belong to?
You can only ask "What part of speech is this?" when you are asking about a single word. "impact" is a noun; "under" is a preposition; and so on.

The whole phrase is a participle clause. "smarting" (which means "stinging") is
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