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I saw this on Internet.
"Iran's parliamentary speaker has warned the United States against violating the country's borders, cautioning such a move would draw a "stronger" reaction than the downing of a US drone a week ago."
why it's "cautioning such a move would draw..." because the caution has already been given. Shouldn't it be:
"Iran's parliamentary speaker has warned the United States against violating the country's borders, that(violating the country's borders) would
draw a "stronger" reaction than the downing of a US drone a week ago."
No?
Top answer
Tara2 borders, cautioning such a move would draw a "stronger" reaction than the downing of a US drone a week ago. This is a participle (adverbial) clause. "
- Tara2 borders, cautioning such a move would draw a "stronger" reaction than the downing of a US drone a week ago.
- This is a participle (adverbial) clause.
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Tara2borders, cautioning such a move would draw a "stronger" reaction than the downing of a US drone a week ago.
This is a participle (adverbial) clause. You can interpret is as "and cautioned (at the same time) that such a move would draw ..."
0It's the move that would draw a stronger reaction, not the cautioning.
The move is hypothetical. It may or may not occur.
0Tara2why it'sWhy is it "cautioning such a move would draw...", because the caution has already been given.
"cautioning" is the head of a participle clause. It's not a present tense because there is no auxiliary (e.g., is cautioning).
Participle clauses inherit their tense from the m
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