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Vladv Posted 4 years ago
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With clause

Dear native speakers, could you please comment on the following-
1 If I say " With my children being asleep, I can't turn on the music." As one native speaker kindly explained, in this case the person I am talking to already knows that my children are asleep, the part with my children being asleep conveys no new information, it is just a restatement of a known fact?
2 I can't turn on the music with my children being asleep- here the with part conveys new information?
3. My children being asleep, I can't turn on the music-Can My children being asleep either convey new information or a restatement of a known fact, depending on the context?
Thanks.

  

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I didn't know they were asleep. How did your interlocutor know it? I don't see how any of this relates to known fact or new information.

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  • I didn't know they were asleep.
  • How did your interlocutor know it?
  • I don't see how any of this relates to known fact or new information.
  • Say you have only one leg.
  • " It's no secret you have only one leg.
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I didn't know they were asleep. How did your interlocutor know it? I don't see how any of this relates to known fact or new information. Say you have only one leg. You could say "With only one leg, I have trouble climbing ladders." It's no secret you have only one leg. Everybody can see that. Changing it to "Having only one leg …" or "My having only one leg …" or "I have trouble …" makes no di

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Vladv

Dear native speakers, could you please comment on the following-
1 [If I say " With my children being asleep, I can't turn on the music."] < Incomplete sentence. As one native speaker kindly explained, in this case the person I am talking to already knows that my children

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