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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Taking the death toll

Ahmedabad: Eleven people died due to swine flu in Gujarat on Monday taking the death toll to 201 since January this year.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.firstpost.com/india/gujarat-swine-flu-11-more-dead-total-death-toll-rises-to-201-since-january-2017-3931311.html/amp

please explain to me the grammatical form and function of "taking the death toll to 201 since January this year"

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Jigneshbharati lease explain to me the grammatical form and function of "taking the death toll to 201 since January this year" It is a non-finite clause adverbial to the main clause. There should be a comma after 'Monday'.

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  • Jigneshbharati lease explain to me the grammatical form and function of "taking the death toll to 201 since January this year" It is a non-finite clause adverbial to the main clause.
  • There should be a comma after 'Monday'.
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Jigneshbharatilease explain to me the grammatical form and function of "taking the death toll to 201 since January this year"

It is a non-finite clause adverbial to the main clause. There should be a comma after 'Monday'.

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