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Thein Lwin 7291 Posted 11 years ago
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Given arms and hands, a computer can do more varied physical work.
In this sentence, is the word 'given' a preposition or a participle? Thanks a lot.
In this sentence, is the word 'given' a preposition or a participle? Thanks a lot.
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(if it were give) arms and hands ... It's a participle. One might argue that it is functioning prepositionally in your sentence.
- (if it were give) arms and hands ...
- It's a participle.
- One might argue that it is functioning prepositionally in your sentence.
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(if it were give) arms and hands ...
It's a participle.
One might argue that it is functioning prepositionally in your sentence.
It's a participle.
One might argue that it is functioning prepositionally in your sentence.
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Thein Lwin 7291In this sentence, is the word 'given' a preposition or a participle?I’d say it’s a verb (participle), since it has an understood subject. The preposition given means “in view of” or “considering”, as in She did well given her condition.
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