Timeline for Is 'Coming' used as participle preposition?
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| Feb 1, 2023 at 17:55 | comment | added | BillJ | Yes, those items are prepositions since they do not have understood subjects. But "coming" does have an understood subject in your example sentence, i.e. "Moscow's absorption of Ukraine ...". | |
| Feb 1, 2023 at 17:37 | vote | accept | Ansh | ||
| Feb 1, 2023 at 17:37 | comment | added | Ansh | @John Lawler,' barring, concerning,considering, notwithstanding, pending, regarding, respecting etc are used absolutely without noun so distinguished as participial prepositions. | |
| Feb 1, 2023 at 17:30 | comment | added | BillJ | As John says, it can only be a present participle heading a non-finite clause. Functionally, it's a supplementary adjunct, so it doesn't modify anything. | |
| Feb 1, 2023 at 17:08 | answer | added | Greybeard | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 1, 2023 at 16:53 | comment | added | John Lawler | This is a metaphorical use of come, meaning 'happening at some (particular) time'. You can call it a participle, it's certainly not a gerund, and I've never heard of "participle preposition". Who in the world taught you that? | |
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| S Feb 1, 2023 at 16:42 | history | asked | Ansh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |