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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Structure of these sentences
Hi. I don't understand the structure of these two sentences, or similar ones:
"Trey was tall, towering over his peers."
"Drinking decreases his inhibitions, giving him a sense of belonging."
What sort of phrase is the part of each sentence after the comma? And why do I need a comma? I need a grammatically technical answer. No nonsense about "it just looks right".
"Trey was tall, towering over his peers."
"Drinking decreases his inhibitions, giving him a sense of belonging."
What sort of phrase is the part of each sentence after the comma? And why do I need a comma? I need a grammatically technical answer. No nonsense about "it just looks right".
Top answer
Those are participle clauses. They give extra information about the situation described in the main clause. You can find a lot of information about them on-line as well as on this site.
- Those are participle clauses.
- They give extra information about the situation described in the main clause.
- You can find a lot of information about them on-line as well as on this site.
- CJ
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Those are participle clauses. They give extra information about the situation described in the main clause.
You can find a lot of information about them on-line as well as on this site.
CJ
You can find a lot of information about them on-line as well as on this site.
CJ
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AnonymousNo nonsense about "it just looks right".You've got some nerve saying that. I'm surprised that CJ even bothered to answer you, because I wouldn't. No please or thank you, just a rude aside about the knowledge of the people who freely give up their time to answer questions from ill-mannered people like you.
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