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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
The verb after "have seen" must be in gerund/noun?
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Example:
The Angry Birds lanterns have seen soaring sales during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Can webmaster give other kinds of examples that related to this category of grammar?
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Example:
The Angry Birds lanterns have seen soaring sales during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Can webmaster give other kinds of examples that related to this category of grammar?
thx!
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In your example, 'soaring' is an adjective modifying 'sales'. However, you can also do these with the same meaning: The Angry Birds lanterns have seen sales soaring during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Angry Birds lanterns have seen sales soar during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
- In your example, 'soaring' is an adjective modifying 'sales'.
- However, you can also do these with the same meaning: The Angry Birds lanterns have seen sales soaring during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
- The Angry Birds lanterns have seen sales soar during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
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In your example, 'soaring' is an adjective modifying 'sales'. However, you can also do these with the same meaning:
The Angry Birds lanterns have seen sales soaring during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The Angry Birds lanterns have seen sales soar during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The Angry Birds lanterns have seen sales soaring during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The Angry Birds lanterns have seen sales soar during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
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