Still + (v)ing ?
could someone explain why we don't use "are" in the following sentence? As far as I know, we sometimes omit them in some news etc. but this example from nature.com
"But with high COVID-19 case counts still straining medical resources"
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00403-0
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anonymous But with high COVID-19 case counts still straining medical resources This is not the whole sentence. It is only an introductory participle clause. The main clause starts after this clause.
- anonymous But with high COVID-19 case counts still straining medical resources This is not the whole sentence.
- It is only an introductory participle clause.
- The main clause starts after this clause.
- But with high COVID-19 case counts still straining medical resources, Al-Aly worries that health authorities will delay preparing for the pandemic’s aftermath for too long.
- Expressing that introductory thought as a participle clause gives it the meaning of "because" with a finite clause: But because high COVID-19 counts are still straining medical resources , CJ
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anonymousBut with high COVID-19 case counts still straining medical resources
This is not the whole sentence. It is only an introductory participle clause. The main clause starts after this clause.
But with high COVID-19 case counts still straining medical resources,
Al-Aly worries that health authorities will delay preparing for the p
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