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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
That clause and Progressive verb
I am really stuck at an assignment, please give me a suggested answer, or some tips:
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I do understand Progressive verb form in theory, but an assignment given to me really got me stuck. Progressive verb is an ongoing action as far as I have understood.
But the question is if the progressive could have been used in eiter of the underlined verb phrases? Could someone please explain this to me?
1: "all of us in the public defenders office HAVE very heavy caseloads" (have is underlined)
2: "When a prosecutor TAKES a breezy or relaxed attitude towars a fact in the case, glossing or dismissing it lightly" ( Takes is underlined)
I am also asked to analyze a "that" clause in terms of its functional clause elements. I am very uncertain about what I answered and would be great to see a suggestion.
The clause is: .. "that what you would have to assume in order to acquit my client is simply beyond our normal understanding of what is reasonable"
First:
I do understand Progressive verb form in theory, but an assignment given to me really got me stuck. Progressive verb is an ongoing action as far as I have understood.
But the question is if the progressive could have been used in eiter of the underlined verb phrases? Could someone please explain this to me?
1: "all of us in the public defenders office HAVE very heavy caseloads" (have is underlined)
2: "When a prosecutor TAKES a breezy or relaxed attitude towars a fact in the case, glossing or dismissing it lightly" ( Takes is underlined)
I am also asked to analyze a "that" clause in terms of its functional clause elements. I am very uncertain about what I answered and would be great to see a suggestion.
The clause is: .. "that what you would have to assume in order to acquit my client is simply beyond our normal understanding of what is reasonable"
Top answer
1. 'Have' meaning 'possess' cannot appear in progressive form. 2.
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- 'Have' meaning 'possess' cannot appear in progressive form.
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- No choice is possible, since it is a sentence fragment.
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1. 'Have' meaning 'possess' cannot appear in progressive form.
2. No choice is possible, since it is a sentence fragment.
3. You must decide the function in the sentence fragment of the 2 'what'-clauses. Do not be coy here. What did you answer?
2. No choice is possible, since it is a sentence fragment.
3. You must decide the function in the sentence fragment of the 2 'what'-clauses. Do not be coy here. What did you answer?
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Honorable Teacher Micawber: You said "have" (meaning "possess") can't be used in the progressive. I sometimes hear native speakers say, "I am having more and more work to do every day." Could you please help me? Thank you, sir.
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And how often do you hear all those native speakers saying that, Anon? The work is not possessed, in any case; it is a task that must be accomplished.
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