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Stenka25 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
The role and meaning of "realizing"
In the below website, there a word I want to ask.
My question concerns "realizing."
It seems that a participle "realizing" can be the shortened participle form of "as you realize." But the problem is in the main sentence there aren't any "you" as a subject. I mean the sentence seems to have the problem of "dangling." But the sentence still looks OK to me. Can you give me a help?
http://www.sharecare.com/question/aligning-expectations-with-reality
Being happy means that you realize that there are times you will be unhappy and recognize that life sometimes stinks. What's uplifting in those times is appreciating life and facing the challenges that come with it, realizing that you're facing challenges fellow humans have also faced.
My question concerns "realizing."
It seems that a participle "realizing" can be the shortened participle form of "as you realize." But the problem is in the main sentence there aren't any "you" as a subject. I mean the sentence seems to have the problem of "dangling." But the sentence still looks OK to me. Can you give me a help?
http://www.sharecare.com/question/aligning-expectations-with-reality
Being happy means that you realize that there are times you will be unhappy and recognize that life sometimes stinks. What's uplifting in those times is appreciating life and facing the challenges that come with it, realizing that you're facing challenges fellow humans have also faced.
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Stenka25 But the problem is in the main sentence there aren't any "you" as a subject. " What's uplifting in those times is appreciating life and facing the challenges that come with it, realizing that you're facing challenges fellow humans have also faced. In this sentence there is no direct person this word refers to.
- Stenka25 But the problem is in the main sentence there aren't any "you" as a subject.
- " What's uplifting in those times is appreciating life and facing the challenges that come with it, realizing that you're facing challenges fellow humans have also faced.
- In this sentence there is no direct person this word refers to.
- It is just said in general, that realizing the fact that you are facing challenges fellow humans have also faced is uplifting.
- Sentences in which this word is used in the same way: 1.
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Stenka25But the problem is in the main sentence there aren't any "you" as a subject. I mean the sentence seems to have the problem of "dangling."
What's uplifting in those times is appreciating life and facing the challenges that come with it, realizing that you're facing challenges fellow humans have also faced.
In this sentence there is no direct pers
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Stenka25But the problem is in the main sentence there aren't any "you" as a subject.That doesn't matter. The sentences all around it are filled with "you" and "your" and "you're", both explicit and implicit. It is assumed that the reader can figure out the meaning from context.
(Your) Being happy means that you realize that there are
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Thanks, Voss.
But I still have one more question with your answer.
Then how come the writer didn't put "and" in front of "realizing"?
Am I too fussy for something insignificant?
But I still have one more question with your answer.
Then how come the writer didn't put "and" in front of "realizing"?
Am I too fussy for something insignificant?
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