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Roky0071 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
The guitarist's finger-picking vs The guitarist, finger-picking
While I was reading a grammar site, I noticed two sentences as follows
1. "The guitarist's finger-picking was extraordinary".
2. "The guitarist, finger-picking, was extraordinary".
Here I understand the first one but I don't understand this part "finger-picking" of the second sentence. Could you get that part easier for me to understand easily? https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/04/
1. "The guitarist's finger-picking was extraordinary".
2. "The guitarist, finger-picking, was extraordinary".
Here I understand the first one but I don't understand this part "finger-picking" of the second sentence. Could you get that part easier for me to understand easily? https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/04/
Top answer
Finger-picking is a specific style of guitar play. In the first sentence, it is the finger-picking itself that is extraordinary; in the second, the guitarist was extraordinary, and they happened to be finger-picking. It doesn't make a ton of sense, but that's English for you!
- Finger-picking is a specific style of guitar play.
- In the first sentence, it is the finger-picking itself that is extraordinary; in the second, the guitarist was extraordinary, and they happened to be finger-picking.
- It doesn't make a ton of sense, but that's English for you!
- Hope this helps.
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Finger-picking is a specific style of guitar play. In the first sentence, it is the finger-picking itself that is extraordinary; in the second, the guitarist was extraordinary, and they happened to be finger-picking. It doesn't make a ton of sense, but that's English for you!
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
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