What's the form and function of this?
Sherlock saw the man using binoculars. This sentence is ambiguous:
1) Sherlock saw the man by using binoculars.
2) Sherlock saw the man using binoculars (the man was using them and Sherlock saw it).
My question is, what is the form and function of "using binoculars" in both cases? A non finite ing clause? A verb phrase?
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Necrophagist My question is, what is the form and function of "using binoculars" in both cases? A non finite ing clause? A verb phrase?
- Necrophagist My question is, what is the form and function of "using binoculars" in both cases?
- A non finite ing clause?
- A verb phrase?
- 1) a participle clause (non-finite -ing clause) 2) a participle clause (non-finite -ing clause) In the first case the clause contains supplementary information about the main clause.
- It makes a secondary predication of the subject ( Sherlock was using binoculars ).
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NecrophagistMy question is, what is the form and function of "using binoculars" in both cases? A non finite ing clause? A verb phrase?
1) a participle clause (non-finite -ing clause)
2) a participle clause (non-finite -ing clause)
In the first case the clause contains supplementary information about the main clause. It makes a secondary predicati
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