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Jigneshbharati Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Winning the series

Since becoming Indian captain, Virat Kohli has taken the national team to great heights, winning series in different parts of the world, playing in some of the most hostile conditions.


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Are "playing in some of the most... and winning series..." participial clauses or phrases? How do we decide?
What is their grammatical function?

  

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They are participial clauses. But you can wait for someone to answer your post on the other forum. 3846153/#post-19657141 They can be described as modifying the subject Virat Kohli, as this proper noun could be used as the subject of the verb if the clauses had finite verbs.

  • They are participial clauses.
  • But you can wait for someone to answer your post on the other forum.
  • 3846153/#post-19657141 They can be described as modifying the subject Virat Kohli, as this proper noun could be used as the subject of the verb if the clauses had finite verbs.
  • Since becoming Indian captain, Virat Kohli has taken the national team to great heights.
  • Virat Kohli has won series.
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They are participial clauses.

But you can wait for someone to answer your post on the other forum.

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/winning-series.3846153/#post-19657141


They can be described as modifying the subject Virat Kohli, as this prop

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