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flower bouquet

by piyush_nitt » Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:11 pm
Below sentence is from MHSC-2003ed.

Can anyone pls tell me why the bold part is not ||?

The flower bouquet was the husband's giving of love to his wife.

and how it is || in below sentence?

The flower bouquet was the husband's loving gift to his wife.
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Re: flower bouquet

by iamcste » Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:22 pm
piyush_nitt wrote:Below sentence is from MHSC-2003ed.

Can anyone pls tell me why the bold part is not ||?

The flower bouquet was the husband's giving of love to his wife.

and how it is || in below sentence?

The flower bouquet was the husband's loving gift to his wife.
In the former, one is a noun while other is a participle

In the later, both are nouns

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by Bidisha800 » Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:12 am
flower bouquet = gift (husband's loving etc are adjectives)
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