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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Verb or not?

Hello, I'm trying to find out whether 'banking' in the following sentence is a verb or whether it's part of an adverbial clause:

Now it turned, banking slightly, and followed the bottom gradually upward.

Many thanks!
  

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'Banking' is a participle that introduces a non-finite clause acting as an adverb.

  • 'Banking' is a participle that introduces a non-finite clause acting as an adverb.
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'Banking' is a participle that introduces a non-finite clause acting as an adverb.

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