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Hasibul Alam Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Why there is no auxuliary verb before "facing" in this sentence?
Ms. Bottoms’s rapid response to the fatal shooting signaled the heightened scrutiny facing law enforcement as a wave ofprotest against police violence continues.
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Ms. Bottoms’s rapid response to the fatal shooting signaled the heightened scrutiny facing law enforcement as a wave of protest against police violence continues. It doesn't need an auxiliary verb.
- Ms.
- Bottoms’s rapid response to the fatal shooting signaled the heightened scrutiny facing law enforcement as a wave of protest against police violence continues.
- It doesn't need an auxiliary verb.
- The underlined element is a gerund-participial clause modifying "scrutiny".
- Semantically, it is the same as the underlined relative clause in Ms.
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Ms. Bottoms’s rapid response to the fatal shooting signaled the heightened scrutiny facing law enforcement as a wave of protest against police violence continues.
It doesn't need an auxiliary verb. The underlined element is a gerund-participial clause modifying "scrutiny". Semantically, it is the same as the underlined relative clause in
Ms. Bottoms’s rapid re
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