What's This Prepositional Phrase?
We've got enough to worry about with discovering the VIP!
It seems to me that "with discovering the VIP" is an adverbial because "We've got enough to worry about" is a complete sentence without it. If so, I'm not sure if I can change the sentence into "We've got enough to worry about, discovering the VIP!" without affecting the meaning.
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A "with -ing" clause is a really weird way of writing this. "with" is more like "because of". In lower register language we might see "what with discovering".
- A "with -ing" clause is a really weird way of writing this.
- "with" is more like "because of".
- In lower register language we might see "what with discovering".
- You could say that the final clause should be "now that we've discovered the VIP".
- Yes, it's adverbial.
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A "with -ing" clause is a really weird way of writing this. "with" is more like "because of". In lower register language we might see "what with discovering". You could say that the final clause should be "now that we've discovered the VIP".
Yes, it's adverbial. If I were you, I would stop wondering about how you can change this disaster of a sentence. Almost nothing can fix it. You
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