Whatever comes
In the following paragraph, I don't understand the grammer structure of the bold clause.
How is 'comes' and 'marching down' connected?
Please explain to me by paraphrasing or something.
Thanks in advance!
"The human capacity for arguing backwards is as bottomless and frightening as the human capacity for accepting whatever comes marching down the disastrous pike."
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steven wu the grammer structure the gramm a r structure steven wu whatever comes marching down the disastrous pike. comes marching is a catenative construction (two verbs together). The finite verb is comes, and the rest is a non-finite complement of comes, specifically a participle clause.
- steven wu the grammer structure the gramm a r structure steven wu whatever comes marching down the disastrous pike.
- comes marching is a catenative construction (two verbs together).
- The finite verb is comes, and the rest is a non-finite complement of comes, specifically a participle clause.
- comes tells us the direction of motion.
- marching tells us the type of motion.
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steven wuthe grammer structure
the grammar structure
steven wuwhatever comes marching down the disastrous pike.
comes marching is a catenative construction (two verbs together). The finite verb is comes, and the rest is a non-finite complement of comes,
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