V_ing
"However, the figure showed a gradual decrease to about 47% in 2013, and continued to decline steadily to the end of the period, reaching around 45% in 2014 and hitting a low-point of about 37% in 2015."
Why do they use V_ing ?. Can you explain that for me
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"However, the figure showed a gradual decrease to about 47% in 2013, and continued to decline steadily to the end of the period, reaching around 45% in 2014 and hitting a low-point of about 37% in 2015."
Why do they use Ving ?. Can you explain ?
0These are not inflected verbs; they are participles in clauses that describe the decline.
Participial clauses are very common in English. Here are some examples:
Looking up, she saw the bird.
I graduated from university in 2005, getting a degree in Sociology.
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