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 #2 (permalink) Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:12 pm participial prepositions |
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Could any one answer me?
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| #3 (permalink) Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:46 am participial prepositions |
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Mr. Alan,
I seek your help. Thanks. |
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Sep 05, 2011 8:59 am participial prepositions |
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Mister Micawber,
I wonder no body is answering me.
Did I ask anything unwanted?
Could you please help me?
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| #5 (permalink) Mon Sep 05, 2011 9:12 am participial prepositions |
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Hi,
They are both participles. 'Given' is a past participle and 'considering' is a present participle. In (1) this means 'when it is accepted that/when it is taken for granted that'. In (2) this means 'when you consider/when one considers'.
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:20 am participial prepositions |
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Mr. Alan,
OK. Both are participle.
But are they used as prepositions in those sentences?
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| #7 (permalink) Thu Sep 08, 2011 14:48 pm participial prepositions |
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No, they are used as participles.
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| #8 (permalink) Thu Sep 08, 2011 15:00 pm participial prepositions |
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| Allifathima wrote: |
I wonder no body is answering me.
Did I ask anything unwanted? |
Obviously I can't speak for anyone else, but I have to plead total ignorance and say that I had never even heard of a "participial preposition". Hence I didn't answer. However, I did search Google and found this page, which seems relevant:
http://www.grammarist.com/grammar/participial-prepositions/ |
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