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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

With the spinners

With the spinners getting the ball to turn sharply and bounce on the wearing pitch, Cook surrounded India's batsmen with close-in fielders in an effort to force a victory.
is the highlighted (with the spinners....wearing pitch) part a phrase or a clause? What is the grammatical function of it and what does it modify or describe here?
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wearing pitch) part a phrase or a clause? It's a participle (non-finite) clause. It's not uncommon for a participle clause to have an initial "with".

— CalifJim

  • wearing pitch) part a phrase or a clause?
  • It's a participle (non-finite) clause.
  • It's not uncommon for a participle clause to have an initial "with".
  • It's a subordinate clause, so if you want to say it modifies something, it modifies the main clause.
  • In this case the participle clause tells us the background situation in which the action of the main clause occurs.
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Jigneshbharatiis the highlighted (with the spinners....wearing pitch) part a phrase or a clause?
It's a participle (non-finite) clause. It's not uncommon for a participle clause to have an initial "with". It's a subordinate clause, so if you want to say it modifies something, it modifies the main clause. In this case the participle clause tells us the backg
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