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Jay Green Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
verb + ing with no am/is/are
Hi, I was wondering of anyone could explain this for me, please.
"When we think of a hospital, perhaps we think only of doctors and nurses working there, but other people work there too'.
In this sentence there is the word 'working', but why does it not have 'are' before 'working'?
The kids I am teaching abroad had different options to choose for the part 'other people work there too'...some students chose 'other people working there too'... I said that was incorrect because it would need to be 'other people ARE working there too'.
One of the kids then asked "so, why does the sentence not have am/is/are for 'we think only of doctors working there too?'.
I couldn't answer this question.
Could anyone explain this to me, in simple terms, so I could let the students know the reason?
Many thanks,
Jay
"When we think of a hospital, perhaps we think only of doctors and nurses working there, but other people work there too'.
In this sentence there is the word 'working', but why does it not have 'are' before 'working'?
The kids I am teaching abroad had different options to choose for the part 'other people work there too'...some students chose 'other people working there too'... I said that was incorrect because it would need to be 'other people ARE working there too'.
One of the kids then asked "so, why does the sentence not have am/is/are for 'we think only of doctors working there too?'.
I couldn't answer this question.
Could anyone explain this to me, in simple terms, so I could let the students know the reason?
Many thanks,
Jay
Top answer
"When we think of a hospital, perhaps we think only of doctors and nurses working there, but other people work there too'. There are missing words, and that is perfectly acceptable in English. The relative pronoun and helping verb can be omitted in these clauses that modify the preceding noun.
- "When we think of a hospital, perhaps we think only of doctors and nurses working there, but other people work there too'.
- There are missing words, and that is perfectly acceptable in English.
- The relative pronoun and helping verb can be omitted in these clauses that modify the preceding noun.
- "When we think of a hospital, perhaps we think only of doctors and nurses who are working there, but other people work there too'.
- The Verb-ing is used like an adjective, before the noun it modifies: She picked up the crying baby.
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"When we think of a hospital, perhaps we think only of doctors and nurses working there, but other people work there too'.
There are missing words, and that is perfectly acceptable in English. The relative pronoun and helping verb can be omitted in these clauses that modify the preceding noun.
"When we think of a hospital, perhaps we think only of doctors and nurses
There are missing words, and that is perfectly acceptable in English. The relative pronoun and helping verb can be omitted in these clauses that modify the preceding noun.
"When we think of a hospital, perhaps we think only of doctors and nurses
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