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26-Sep-2006, 17:09
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Originally Posted by MikeNewYork  For me, "grunting and straining" describes the subject. That would make it adjectival. | Anyway, for me, it modifies the verb. |
26-Sep-2006, 17:11
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How about:
Sitting in his car, John lit a cigarette. |
26-Sep-2006, 17:13
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Originally Posted by MikeNewYork How about:
Sitting in his car, John lit a cigarette. | -> When/While (he was) sitting in his car, John lit a cigarette. |
26-Sep-2006, 17:14
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John, who was sitting in his car, lit a cigarette. |
26-Sep-2006, 17:22
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Originally Posted by MikeNewYork John, who was sitting in his car, lit a cigarette. | For me the relative clause and the participial phrase are very different structures.
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example:
[AdjP [NP John], [who was sitting in his car]], lit...
([PP (Ø empty preposition) [NP sitting in his car]]Adv {trace}), [NP John] [AdvP [VP lit...] [Adv {trace}] ]...
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26-Sep-2006, 19:52
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Of course they are different structures.
You were the one, however, who posted that adjectival participial phrases could be stated as relative clauses with no change in meaning. I simply provided you an example. |
27-Sep-2006, 04:07
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Originally Posted by MikeNewYork Of course they are different structures.
You were the one, however, who posted that adjectival participial phrases could be stated as relative clauses with no change in meaning. I simply provided you an example. | No, I am the one who posted that non-restrictive adjectival participial phrases can often be stated as adverbial phrases or clauses with no change in meaning.
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Originally Posted by dihen "Grunting and straining, Jean Valijean lifted the huge wagon off the peasant who had been pinned beneath it."
("While?/In? grunting and straining, Jean Valijean lifted the..."; similar meaning but sounds awkward)
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"Having finished the artwork on the globe for mission prayer band, Todd decided to show it to Paster Donnell."
("After having finished the...", similar meaning but sounds awkward?) | I should have written them like this instead.:
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("In the state of grunting and straining, Jean Valijean lifted the..."; most closely resembles the original meaning)
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"After having finished the..., Todd decided to..."; most closely resembles the original meaning
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28-Sep-2006, 15:03
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Originally Posted by dihen | For that one, maybe I should have written it like this.
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"In the manner of grunting and straining, Jean Valijean lifted the..."; most closely resembles the original meaning
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Do you think it describes the manner of how he lifted it? |
28-Sep-2006, 17:51
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Originally Posted by dihen For that one, maybe I should have written it like this.
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"In the manner of grunting and straining, Jean Valijean lifted the..."; most closely resembles the original meaning
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Do you think it describes the manner of how he lifted it? |
That actually has no meaning at all. I don't think it describes the manner of lifting. In the original sentence, the particples describe the state of the subject. Jean was grunting and straining, not the lifting. |
29-Sep-2006, 04:16
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Originally Posted by MikeNewYork That actually has no meaning at all. I don't think it describes the manner of lifting. In the original sentence, the particples describe the state of the subject. Jean was grunting and straining, not the lifting. | So is "in the state of grunting and straining" a rewrite that's closer to the original meaning? It sounds strange, of course. Is there a better way to rewrite it as an adverbial?
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Besides that, for me, a question for "Grunting and straining, Jean Valijean lifted the..." can be "He lifted it like that?"; that is, the adverb "like that" can refer to the participial phrase "grunting and straining". Is that possible for you?
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