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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
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Walking along the shoreline

Delores noticed her cousin walking along the shoreline.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/02/

is "walking along the shoreline" a reduced relative clause( who was/were walking..) functioning adjectivally?

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Delores noticed her cousin walking along the shoreline . The underlined expression is a gerund-participial clause modifying "cousin". Some people would call it a 'reduced' relative clauses since the meaning is very similar to that of the 'regular' relative clause who was walking along the shoreline.

— BillJ

  • Delores noticed her cousin walking along the shoreline .
  • The underlined expression is a gerund-participial clause modifying "cousin".
  • Some people would call it a 'reduced' relative clauses since the meaning is very similar to that of the 'regular' relative clause who was walking along the shoreline.
  • But the term 'reduced relative' is a misnomer and hence best avoided since there is no possibility of inserting a relative phrase, cf.
  • * Delores noticed her cousin who walking along the shoreline".
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Delores noticed her cousin walking along the shoreline.

The underlined expression is a gerund-participial clause modifying "cousin".

Some people would call it a 'reduced' relative clauses since the meaning is very similar to that of the 'regular' relative clause who was walking along the shoreline. But the term 'reduced relative' is a misnomer and

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