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Gulliano Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

What do "recording" and "by" function as ? As in , What's the part of speech?And why??

By recording these phenomena carefully, the observers made a very valuable contribution to the scenario.
  

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gulliano By recording these phenomena carefully, the observers made a very valuable contribution to the scenario. By = preposition recording = noun, (gerund) Because recording is a gerund, it can have an object ( phenomena ), and a modifying adverb ( carefully ).. The prepositional phrase, by recordin g these phenomena carefully , is adverbial.

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  • gulliano By recording these phenomena carefully, the observers made a very valuable contribution to the scenario.
  • By = preposition recording = noun, (gerund) Because recording is a gerund, it can have an object ( phenomena ), and a modifying adverb ( carefully )..
  • The prepositional phrase, by recordin g these phenomena carefully , is adverbial.
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gullianoBy recording these phenomena carefully, the observers made a very valuable contribution to the scenario.
By = preposition
recording = noun, (gerund)

Because recording is a gerund, it can have an object (phenomena), and a modifying adverb (carefully)..

The prepositional phrase, by recording
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What is speaking in the given sentence?

Speaking on the occasion, the minister said prohibition would be lifted soon.

The book I am reading says it's a non-finite verb.why is it so?

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Non-finite verbs are verbs used as other parts of speech in a sentence. They retain some qualities of a verb.
Non-finite verbs can be adjectives or nouns.

Beaten by thieves, the man fell to the ground. (past participle used as an adjective, modifying man )
Speaking on the occasion, the minister said prohibition would be lifted soon. (present participle used as
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