[Grammar] giving choice or give choice

[kesler]

hi there
in a sentence like:
" tv has a lots of program such as darama, talk show, giving viewers choice"
why should use "giving " not "give"?
thanks in advance

 

[TheParser]

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


Hello, Kesler:

This is how I understand it.

1. If you want to, you can express your sentence in two sentences:

"Television has many programs. It gives viewers a wide choice."

a. Sometimes -- especially in elegant writing -- people combine those two sentences into:

"Television has many programs, giving viewers a wide choice."



2. Look at these two sentences:

"Newspapers print a lot of information. They give their readers a window on the world."

I am sure that you can now combine those two sentences into: "Newspapers print a lot of information, giving their readers a window on the world."

3. Finally, look at this sentence that I have also made up: "Mona knows three languages, giving her a big advantage in job interviews."

a. Can you change that sentence back to two sentences? I am sure that you said:

"Mona knows three languages. It gives her a big advantage in job interviews." ["It" means "Mona's knowing three languages."]




James

 

[Matthew Wai]

"Television has many programs, and thus gives viewers a wide choice."
Is it correct?

Not a teacher.

 

[TheParser]

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


In my humble opinion, you are spot-on.

You decided to change two sentences into a compound sentence:


"Television has many programs, and [it] thus gives viewers a wide choice."

Furthermore, as you correctly implied, the -ing version is often introduced by "thus":

"Television has many programs, thus giving viewers a wide choice."

In fact, if I understand my books correctly, all of these different versions are just a variation of:


"Television has many programs, so that it gives viewers a wide choice."


James


If I have imparted any accurate information, all credit goes to George Oliver Curme in his A Grammar of the English Language, published in 1931 but containing historical material, most of which has NOT been discredited up to 2014.