Trump exits press conference

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Can I write this sentence "Trump exits press conference after being challenged by female reporters" like these ways:1. Trump exits press conference after female reporters challenging him.2. Trump exits press conference after he is challenged by female reporters.

Clive · Accepted Answer

Can I write this sentence "Trump exits press conference after being challenged by female reporters" like these ways:

1. Trump exits press conference after female reporters challenge ~~challenging~~ him.

2. Trump exits press conference after he is challenged by female reporters. OK

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CalifJim · Answer

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"Trump exits press conference after being challenged by female reporters" ...
1. Trump exits press conference after female reporters challenging him.
2. Trump exits press conference after he is challenged by female reporters.

It seems you asked almost the same question yesterday.

after female reporters challenging him NO

This construction consists of "after", an explicit subject "female reporters", a present participle "challenging", and the rest of the clause "him".

You can't use an explicit subject (a stated subject) there.

With the subordinators below (or prepositions if you wish to call them that), if you want to use a present participle, you must go directly from the subordinator to the present participle without stating a subject. They are listed more or less in order of most frequently used to least frequently used with present participles.

when, after, before, while, since, until, if, unless, although

when writing a novel OK
when a student writing a novel NO
when a student writes a novel OK

before considering a change in routine OK
before the committee considering a change in routine NO
before the committee considers a change in routine OK

since winning the game OK
since the team winning the game NO
since the team won the game OK

CJ

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