use ing form or not

[oooomg]

"singing lady in the sea
no longer
possessing her power of allure."


may I ask,in this sentence,"possess" use the form of ing or not?

[bhaisahab]

"singing lady in the sea
no longer
possessing her power of allure."


may I ask,in this sentence,"possess" use the form of ing or not?

It's fine with "possessing".

[PROESL]

"singing lady in the sea
no longer
possessing her power of allure."


may I ask,in this sentence,"possess" use the form of ing or not?

It depends on what you really mean to say.

A singing lady in the sea no longer possesses her power of allure. - This means "A singing lady in the sea does not have her power of allure any longer".

A singing lady in the sea who no longer possesses her power of allure is just a singing lady in the sea. - The clause "who no longer posses her power of allure" describes a singing lady. It is an adjective clause, and "who" is optional. As well, "who" can be replaced by "that". This adjective clause can be reduced to a phrase, as we can observe in a rewrite of this sentence.

A singinng lady in the sea no longer possessing her power of allure is just a singing lady in the sea.

To conclude, we can now see the difference between "no longer possessing" and "no longer possesses".

I would have to say that this is a brilliant answer to your question even at the risk of sounding immodest.

[bhaisahab]

It depends on what you really mean to say.

A singing lady in the sea no longer possesses her power of allure. - This means "A singing lady in the sea does not have her power of allure any longer".

A singing lady in the sea who no longer possesses her power of allure is just a singing lady in the sea. - The clause "who no longer posses her power of allure" describes a singing lady. It is an adjective clause, and "who" is optional. As well, "who" can be replaced by "that". This adjective clause can be reduced to a phrase, as we can observe in a rewrite of this sentence.

A singinng lady in the sea no longer possessing her power of allure is just a singing lady in the sea.

To conclude, we can now see the difference between "no longer possessing" and "no longer possesses".

I would have to say that this is a brilliant answer to your question even at the risk of sounding immodest.

Where is your sense of poetry?

[PROESL]

Where is your sense of poetry?

It's taking a backseat to my sense of possible grammatical formations and what they mean.