The type of grammar of this sentence
Hi Everyone,
I have a question on the grammar structure of the following sentence.
"Susan and Jack painted steadily all morning, finishing the deck just before lunch."
What grammar structure is this?
Is the sentence equivalent to the following?
"Susan and Jack painted steadily all morning, and finished the deck just before lunch."
What about the following?
"They have been writing letters, finishing three today."
"They have been writing letters, and have finished three today."
Are they correct?
Would you please help me correct my grammatical mistakes in the post?
Thank you very much for your help
Kenny
Top answer
" What grammar structure is this? There is an independent clause followed by a participial phrase. The participle is a present participle.
- " What grammar structure is this?
- There is an independent clause followed by a participial phrase.
- The participle is a present participle.
- Is the sentence equivalent to the following?
- " The idea is the same.
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"Susan and Jack painted steadily all morning, finishing the deck just before lunch."
What grammar structure is this?
There is an independent clause followed by a participial phrase. The participle is a present participle.
Is the sentence equivalent to the following?
"Susan and Jack painted steadily all morning, and finished the deck just before lunch."
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0KennyLustructure of the following sentence
They both have the same structure, namely, a main clause followed by a participle clause. The participle clause inherits its subject and tense from the main clause.
You can get an approximate paraphrase by using "and", as you have done, but the semantic relationship of a participle clause to its main clause
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