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Hello
I have problem with the grammatical rules applied to the following sentence. Hence, I first provide you with my own version and then I ask my questions.
The original text
My version:
I cannot understand the necessity of the second "leaving" after comma! I even think that it is ungrammatical or a poorly structured clause. what do you think?
Is the first leaving, shown in blue color, due to the following trick used by the author? [recedes [STRIKE]and leave[/STRIKE] leaving little pools]. I mean the remove of "and" from the sentence.
source: Cannery Row Kindle Edition by John Steinbeck
I have problem with the grammatical rules applied to the following sentence. Hence, I first provide you with my own version and then I ask my questions.
The original text
The boulders show and seem to rise up and the ocean recedes leaving little pools, leaving wet weed and moss and sponge, iridescence and brown and blue and China red.
My version:
The boulders show and seem to rise up and the ocean recedes leaving little pools, wet weed, moss and sponge, iridescence, brown, blue and China red.
I cannot understand the necessity of the second "leaving" after comma! I even think that it is ungrammatical or a poorly structured clause. what do you think?
Is the first leaving, shown in blue color, due to the following trick used by the author? [recedes [STRIKE]and leave[/STRIKE] leaving little pools]. I mean the remove of "and" from the sentence.
source: Cannery Row Kindle Edition by John Steinbeck