thinking more generally— the above is a good example of why functional thinking is superior to "classification" into rigid categories. namely, thinking about "actions" is better than worrying about whether said actions are technically verbs. in fact, in the "blue sentence...

So is it correct to say that GMAT would most likely to avoid structures like "SVO, which clause, doing"? Too abstract for me. Can you write an actual example that looks like this? Thanks. is it ok to write like this: (from your examples, sorry i am not capable of writing a better example)...

if we change the relative that clause into an comma which clause, would "breaking" still modifies "I dropped a bag", or only the "comma which clause", just grammatically. Like in the following sentence, "i dropped a bag containing six incubators, which enclosed ba...

Hi Stacey, I notice that we could use if like I don't know if Jack will come to attend the meeting tonight . According to your analysis, do you mean that in the formal written English we could only use if in conditional clause, and whether in optional clause? A whether -clause can serve as noun. An...

It can describe turns. They took turns. — Turns doing what? / What kind of turns? Turns drawing xxxxx stuff Hello Ron, I came across another sentence: In the mid-1920’s the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company was the scene of an intensive series of experiments investigating the effe...

E.g., Roberta, having just finished her first marathon, collapsed onto the floor. Here, "having..." just describes Roberta. However, it still needs to have a fundamental relationship to the following part (i.e., she collapsed because she had just run 26.2 miles). • Describes Roberta â€...

There IS one exception of which you should be aware, though. Namely, if comma + __ing follows only a noun , rather than a full sentence/clause, then it modifies only that noun. (It can't do anything else!) E.g., Roberta, having just finished her first marathon, collapsed onto the floor. Here, "...

You're right. Recently, I found OE contradictory to itself from place to place. • Yes, there is a "comma + __ing" that can attach to a noun. E.g., Valéry, engrossed in his book, did not notice that his plane was leaving. "Engrossed in his book" clearly describes Valéry. Still...