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Towel build Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Verb+ing

I saw a pic with note 'the staff explaining to customers.'. Should it be 'the staff are explaining to customers.'? Since the tenses do not have verb+ing solely.

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'. '? No.

— Mister Micawber

  • '.
  • '?
  • No.
  • It is a caption—which needn't be a sentence at all.
  • It is a non-finite clause: the staff , who are explaining to customers
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towel build saw a pic with note 'the staff explaining to customers.'. Should it be 'the staff are explaining to customers.'?

No. It is a caption—which needn't be a sentence at all. It is a non-finite clause:

the staff, who are explaining to customers

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