[Grammar] ... in order to calm their solders, all fleets had their own Buddhist preachers.

[kadioguy]

For a quick fix, I'd correct it to your version b., remembering to add the required article before large amount.

Come on, kadioguy. You know what I mean. I don't believe for a moment that you don't.

Observe/notice how I used the present participle phrase to express what I wanted to say.

I guess you're not used to that phrase. He just meant be sure to do it or don't forget to do it. In other words, don't leave it out.

For a quick fix, I'd correct it to your version b., remembering to add the required article before large amount.
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OK, so the green part is used to remind me to remember to add the required article before large amount. It has nothing to do with

For a quick fix, I'd correct it to your version b., and (I'd) remember to add the required article before large amount.

Am I right in thinking it this time?

(PS - If so, I think remembering is more like a gerund, rather than a present participle. This is because if remembering is a present participle, then its logical subject will be I (jutfrank, the speaker[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]), rather than [/FONT]you [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif](kadioguy, the [/FONT]listener[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]). [/FONT]

 

[jutfrank]

Japan attacked Taiwan in 1895 when a large number of ships carried an invasion force there.

(I wouldn't use fleet that way.)

"Large amount of fleets" is not correct".

Thank you!

(I've only just realised I missed that.)

 

[jutfrank]

I was trying my best to know what you meant.

That's exactly my point. You don't need to try. You already know what I meant. You naturally understood what I meant from the context. You still do, really, though you're doing a good job of confusing yourself by focusing too hard on what you think you know about the grammar.

I said that in post #5 and #13, because I associated this sentence [...] with constructions like this:

I usually sit on the sofa watching television.
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I usually sit on the sofa and watch television.
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I know little about the present participle phrase.

Notice that unlike here, I used a comma in my sentence before the participle phrase.

For a quick fix, I'd correct it to your version b., remembering to add the required article before large amount.
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OK, so the green part is used to remind me to remember to add the required article before large amount. It has nothing to do with

For a quick fix, I'd correct it to your version b., and (I'd) remember to add the required article before large amount.

Am I right in thinking it this time?

(PS - If so, I think remembering is more like a gerund, rather than a present participle. This is because if remembering is a present participle, then its logical subject will be I (jutfrank, the speaker), rather than you (kadioguy, the listener).

You're confusing yourself terribly by overthinking. Just focus first on what I meant, not on what you think the meaning should be, and then observe how I used the language to express the meaning. Don't believe that you don't understand.

This is what I'm attempting to teach you here: The best way to learn is by focusing on meaning first, and then noticing how grammar is used to express meaning. You often get this process the wrong way round.

Remember the context—you raised a question in post #1 about the correctness of something, and I responded in post #2 with an answer.