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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
The determiner of the subject of a participle cluase?
Not long ago I began reading 'Harry Potter'Once I faced the sentences "Mouth dry, stomach lurching, Harry sprang after him...." and "Exhausted, stomach rumbling, mind spining..., Harry fell into an uneasy sleep."Why did the author say 'stomach rumbling', 'Mouth dry' etc., rather than 'his stomach rumbling' 'His mouth dry' etc.?Shoud/can be the determiner of the subject of a participle cluase left out?
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com - welcome to the forum Writers have their own style. They write what they want to write. K.
- com - welcome to the forum Writers have their own style.
- They write what they want to write.
- K.
- Rowling meant and she has the artistic freedom to leave out the determiner if she so chooses (with the proviso that the meaning of the sentence is kept clear for the reader).
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It would depend on the context but, in general, I would not leave them out.
Formal and academic and scientific writing demands precision and clarity.
Formal and academic and scientific writing demands precision and clarity.
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