Sounds like aggrandizing advertising copy
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Q: Is the bolded part a gerund phrase, and the participle "aggrandizing" a gerund here?
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Rizan Malik Q: Is the bolded part a gerund phrase, and the participle "aggrandizing" a gerund here? No. "Aggrandizing" is a participle acting as an adjective, in traditional grammar, modifying "advertising copy".
- Rizan Malik Q: Is the bolded part a gerund phrase, and the participle "aggrandizing" a gerund here?
- No.
- "Aggrandizing" is a participle acting as an adjective, in traditional grammar, modifying "advertising copy".
- "Advertising" is a noun used attributively to modify "copy".
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Rizan MalikQ: Is the bolded part a gerund phrase, and the participle "aggrandizing" a gerund here?
No. "Aggrandizing" is a participle acting as an adjective, in traditional grammar, modifying "advertising copy". "Advertising" is a noun used attributively to modify "copy".
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