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Inchoateknowledge Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Time sequence with -ing V
0 When Leslie returned to England, her friends loved the idea and, 01 i 01 b 00 giving (and not building 02 b 02 i 00 ) up a promising career, she 01 b 01 i 00 went into 02 i 02 b 00 business producing it. 02 br
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01 b 01 i 00 The action 02 i 02 b 00 the -ing V denotes 01 b 01 i 00 takes place 02 i 02 b 00 01 b 01 i 00 earlier in time 02 i 02 b 00 . 02 br
02 br
00 This is why 01 b 01 i 00 building 02 i 02 b 00 is not okay above. 02 br
02 br
00 I cannot give an explanation why it is a kind of unconditioned reflex to me when reading the sentence above. 02 br
02 br
00 --------- 02 br
02 br
00 Now take a look at the sentence below: 02 br
02 br
00 When Leslie returned to England, her friends loved the idea and she 01 i 01 b 00 went into 02 b 02 i 00 business producing it, 01 b 01 i 00 building (or giving) 02 i 02 b 00 up a promising career. 02 br
02 br
00 Here, 01 b 01 i 00 building (or giving )takes place later than "went into" and the sentence has different meaning, although the same words are used as in the first sentence 02 i 02 b 05 0 02 br
02 br
00 It seems to me that the time sequence of actions denoted by the verbs is dependent on where the -ing V is placed in the sentence. 02 br
02 br
00 Am I right? 02 br
02 br
00 Thanks 010id 3
02 br
01 b 01 i 00 The action 02 i 02 b 00 the -ing V denotes 01 b 01 i 00 takes place 02 i 02 b 00 01 b 01 i 00 earlier in time 02 i 02 b 00 . 02 br
02 br
00 This is why 01 b 01 i 00 building 02 i 02 b 00 is not okay above. 02 br
02 br
00 I cannot give an explanation why it is a kind of unconditioned reflex to me when reading the sentence above. 02 br
02 br
00 --------- 02 br
02 br
00 Now take a look at the sentence below: 02 br
02 br
00 When Leslie returned to England, her friends loved the idea and she 01 i 01 b 00 went into 02 b 02 i 00 business producing it, 01 b 01 i 00 building (or giving) 02 i 02 b 00 up a promising career. 02 br
02 br
00 Here, 01 b 01 i 00 building (or giving )takes place later than "went into" and the sentence has different meaning, although the same words are used as in the first sentence 02 i 02 b 05 0 02 br
02 br
00 It seems to me that the time sequence of actions denoted by the verbs is dependent on where the -ing V is placed in the sentence. 02 br
02 br
00 Am I right? 02 br
02 br
00 Thanks 010id 3
Top answer
01 i 02 br 02 i 0-
- 01 i 02 br 02 i 0-
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3 Answers
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0 Better, IMO: 02 br
02 br
01 i 00 When Leslie returned to England, her friends loved the idea and, 01 font 01 i 01 b 00 giving up (and not building) 02 b 02 i 02 font 00 a promising career, she 01 b 01 i 00 went into 02 i 02 b 00 business 01 font 00 , 02 font
02 br
01 i 00 When Leslie returned to England, her friends loved the idea and, 01 font 01 i 01 b 00 giving up (and not building) 02 b 02 i 02 font 00 a promising career, she 01 b 01 i 00 went into 02 i 02 b 00 business 01 font 00 , 02 font
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0 I don't find too much of a difference between your alternatives. The -ing form creates a paranthesis for a 01 b 00 parallel 02 b 00 process, not antecedent (if you don't have any "before", "after" around). 0-
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