sky3120
Member
- Joined
- Jan 29, 2012
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Korean
- Home Country
- South Korea
- Current Location
- South Korea
The bungalow, looking down on a beach, is not easy to rent.
=The bungalow which looks down on a beach is not easy to rent.
The hotel, standing on a hill, overlooks the Thames.
=The hotel which stands on a hill overlooks the Thames.
I think one of the main reasons we get confused so many time, studying English here in my country is all because of some Korean English teachers' different opinions from that of native English teachers. Although we, students have no chocie but to rely on Korean English teachers, I can not agree with them this time that the meaning of "Restrictive clause and Participial construction" can be the same.
In my opinion, "Participial constructions" looks similar to Restrictive clause but there are COMMAs between Subject and Verb in Participial constructions, which means there exists conjunctions, so those makes meaning different, right?
Please, help me get out of this long time confusion.
=The bungalow which looks down on a beach is not easy to rent.
The hotel, standing on a hill, overlooks the Thames.
=The hotel which stands on a hill overlooks the Thames.
I think one of the main reasons we get confused so many time, studying English here in my country is all because of some Korean English teachers' different opinions from that of native English teachers. Although we, students have no chocie but to rely on Korean English teachers, I can not agree with them this time that the meaning of "Restrictive clause and Participial construction" can be the same.
In my opinion, "Participial constructions" looks similar to Restrictive clause but there are COMMAs between Subject and Verb in Participial constructions, which means there exists conjunctions, so those makes meaning different, right?
Please, help me get out of this long time confusion.
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