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enkyklios 发表于 2013-12-10 16:12
应该说我只是对这个现象感兴趣,我不明白为什么有很多人喜欢说gmat的语法云云。事实上gmat只是考试它没有 ...
pay attention to my helping verb.
1\I think it serves as ;
2\Gmac might not allow .
It is not inconsistent.
The first one is my personal opinion. I am not definitely sure about it. I open it to questions.
The second one means I cannot rule out this possibility and concede it.
It is a common rhetoric in argument writing.
As for "S,Ving,VO" pattern, I agree with you it is not a thing whether the modifier is a noun modifier or a adverbial modifier.
According to the post from Ron as follows, it is more likely to be a adverbial modifier.
John, running to catch the bus, slipped on the icy pavement and fell.
--> It would be nonsense to take away the commas, because "John" -- who is just one person -- is impossible to narrow down.
--> "Running to catch the bus" describes John.
--> Importantly, "running to catch the bus" is related to the action of the sentence. (John was running when he slipped and fell.)
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If this kind of relationship doesn't exist, the __ing modifier is inappropriate.
*Jesse, standing almost eight inches taller than me, is my brother.
--> Nonsense, because a height difference has no relationship to the fact that we are brothers.
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"Which"/"who"/"whom"/"whose" implies no such relationship.
Jesse, who stands almost eight inches taller than me, is my brother.
--> This sentence is fine.
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